East Boston (Reissued)

by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco

Book Overview

Until the nineteenth century East Boston was a rural community, the scene of livestock grazing and firewood-gathering. This neighborhood that would eventually be closely identified with Logan International Airport was once actually five islands connected by marshland and known collectively as Noodle's Island. Connected to the mainland and developed beginning in 1833, East Boston grew into a diverse and vibrant community. Boston historian Anthony Mitchell...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752404288
• ISBN13: 9780752404288
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.