Boston Miscellany: An Essential History of the Hub

by William P. Marchione

Book Overview

Before the dawn of the Industrial Revolution and the nineteenth century's cultural renaissance, a serious rebellion was brewing in the taverns of Boston. Look back to a time when riots raged through the streets of Boston, when Beacon Hill was a neighborhood of beggars and vagabonds, and papal effigies burned on the Boston Common. Meet William Blackstone, the first Bostonian, and John Singleton Copley, portrait artist of the elite. In this compilation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596295872
• ISBN13: 9781596295872
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"