Boston Miscellany: An Episodic History of the Hub

Be the first to write a review

Overview

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 by historian William Marchione, discover Boston as it once was-when customs officials were dragged through the sewers and drinking tea was a highly political act. Even the city's largest and most controversial funeral,...
See more details below
Paperback
$18.99
BN.com price
Other sellers (Paperback)
  • All (11) from $5.95   
  • New (8) from $7.95   
  • Used (3) from $5.95   
Sending request ...

More About This Book

Overview

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 by historian William Marchione, discover Boston as it once was-when customs officials were dragged through the sewers and drinking tea was a highly political act. Even the city's largest and most controversial funeral, held for the infamous Sacco and Vanzetti, ended in a street brawl with police. And yet, with the sprawl of the first American railroads, the dawning of the abolitionist movement and the cultural flourishing in art and architecture, Boston emerged as the nation's first cultural, economic and political hub.
Read More Show Less

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781596295872
  • Publisher: History Press, The
  • Publication date: 9/29/2008
  • Pages: 128
  • Sales rank: 1,308,339
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.50 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Part I Early Boston

William Blackstone: The First Bostonian 10

Watertown: First Settlement on the Charles 14

The Annals of Old North Square 18

Old North Square: Zone of Emergence 22

Unfashionable Beacon Hill 26

The Rise and Fall of Fort Hill 29

Part II Revolutionary Boston

Points of Protest in Colonial Boston 34

John Singleton Copley's Dilemma 37

Watertown: Revolutionary Capital of Massachusetts 41

Defending the Charles 45

Part III The Athens of America

Boston's Age of Granite 50

Building the Mill Dam Road 53

Lafayette in Boston 57

Abolition Scorned: Boston's Response to Antislavery 62

Beacon Hill's David Sears: The Squire of Longwood 66

Horace Gray: Father of the Boston Public Garden 70

Nathaniel J. Bradlee: Master Builder of Boston 74

Part IV West of Boston

1835: The Year of the Railroads 80

Institutional Migration to the Back Bay 83

Water for the City: Tapping Lake Cochituate 87

Water for the City: Chestnut Hill and Wachusett 90

Water for the City: Creating the Great Quabbin Reservoir 94

Bridging the Charles 98

The Charles: A Nineteenth-Century Commercial Artery 102

The Charles: A River Transformed 105

Part V Ethnic Boston

The Boston Draft Riot of July 14, 1863 110

Boston's Early Italian Community 113

Italian Immigration at Full Tide 117

The Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918 121

Burying Sacco and Vanzetti 124

Read More Show Less

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
( 0 )
Rating Distribution

5 Star

(0)

4 Star

(0)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines
Add Recommendations
Your Name: Create a Pen Name or

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

  • - HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
  • - Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
  • - Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
  • - Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
  • - Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
  • - Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
  • - Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

  • - By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
  • - Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
  • - See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.
Search for Products You'd Like to Recommend

Recommend other products that relate to your review. Just search for them below and share!

Create a Pen Name

Your Pen Name is your unique identity on BN.com. It will appear on the reviews you write and other website activities. Your Pen Name cannot be edited, changed or deleted once submitted.

 
Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously
    If you find inappropriate content, please report it to Barnes & Noble
    Why is this product inappropriate?
    Comments (optional)