Name: A Short History of Boston
Brand: Robert J. Allison
SKU: 9781889833477
Price: 14.95 USD
Availability: InStock

Robert J. Allison

A Short History of Boston

9781889833477

$14.95

"A first-rate short history of the city, lavishly illustrated, lovingly written, and instantly the best book of its kind." - Provincetown Arts

With economy and style, Dr. Robert Allison brings Boston history alive, from the Puritan theocracy of the seventeenth century to the Big Dig of the twenty-first. His book includes a wealth of illustrations, a lengthy chronology of the key events in four centuries of Boston history, and twenty short profiles of exceptional Bostonians, from founder John Winthrop to heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, from heretic Anne Hutchinson to Russian-American author Mary Antin.

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Amy McGuiggan

Christmas in New England

9781641941167

$19.95

This history of Christmas is an endless delight, with stories about all your favorite Christmas traditions, from Mystic to Maine, the Berkshires to Boston.

Here are some of the more than fifty New England holiday traditions traced and described in this enchanting treasury: Charles Follen and the Christmas Tree Church, Flying Santa, Silent Santa, and Secret Santa; Rudolph, the Most Famous Reindeer, A Magical Ride on the Polar Express, Louis Prang, Father of the American Christmas Card, Candlelight Strolls at Old Sturbridge Village and Capt. James Magee's Holiday Party.

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Dwight Heath

Mourt's Relation

9780918222848

$9.95

Originally printed in 1622, this is the first published account of the coming of the Pilgrims to the New World to settle Plymouth Plantation.

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Lawrence R. Samuel

The American Bicentennial

9781429030434

$23.99

Searching for the Spirit of '76

With America's 250th founding anniversary upcoming, it is opportune to reflect upon the cultural impact and history of America's Bicentennial celebration of 1976. The early 1970s was dominated by economic and political turmoil, and the nation looked to the Bicentennial to provide an outlet for moving past difficult times by defining the American ethos through a celebration of its past. Though the celebration sought to recycle many of the nation's mythologies, both good and bad, it was successful in reinvigorating the country by reminding them of what made America exceptional. Author Lawrence Samuel explores the cultural history of the American Bicentennial and helps us to ponder the very same questions of who we are as a people and a nation, as we look ahead to America at 250.

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Robert J. Allison

The Boston Tea Party

9781933212111

$12.95

A Historical Guide to an Iconic Revolutionary Event

Leading Boston historian Robert J. Allison continues his series on the American Revolution with the lead-up, the action, and the complex aftermath of what contemporaries called the destruction of the tea.

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Ernest E. Brisbee

The Empire State Scrap Book

9781429094061

$12.95

If you vacationed in the beautiful upstate New York region in the late 1930s and 1940s, you may have picked up Ernest Bisbee’s souvenir scrap book for just twenty-five cents. Chock full of information about the early history and geologic beauty of the area, and illustrated throughout with black-and-white photos and drawings of legendary characters and famous sites, it surely provided hours of engrossing reading in cabins, cottages, tents, and motels. Revisit a simpler time with this faithful reproduction of a traveler's souvenir.

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Ernest E. Brisbee

The State O' Maine Scrap Book

9781429094054

$12.95

This 1940’s classic from the “down east” coastal region of Maine was a beloved souvenir scrapbook chock full of natural history of the area, and scenically illustrated. Perfect for lazing around the cabin on a summer day.