Forgotten Tales of Massachusetts

by Peter F. Stevens

Book Overview

W hen the first Pilgrims arrived on the shores of Massachusetts, they set foot in a world full of promise and new beginnings. Colonists witnessed the births of new children, governments and traditions, but even the Puritans could not wholly escape the Old World's basest human instincts. In Plymouth, John Billington committed the nation's first murder, and in Boston, the Mass Bay Madam Alice Thomas opened the first brothel. A Charlestown midwife and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596296216
• ISBN13: 9781596296213
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.0"