Beacon Hill, Back Bay, and the Building of Boston's Golden Age
- ISBN-10
- 1614231184
- ISBN-13
- 9781614231189
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 253
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-04
- Publisher
- Arcadia Publishing
- Author
- Ted Clarke
Description
“Tells the story of Boston’s growth in the 19th century, a time of immense cultural and physical expansion in the city.” —The Patriot Ledger Venture back to the Boston of the 1800s, when Back Bay was just a wide expanse of water to the west of the Shawmut Peninsula and merchants peddled their wares to sailors along the docks. Witness the beginning of the American Industrial Revolution; learn how a series of cultural movements made Boston the focal point of abolitionism in America, with leaders like William Lloyd Garrison; and see the golden age of the arts ushered in with notables Longfellow, Holmes, Copley, Sargent and Isabella Stewart Gardner. Travel with local historian Ted Clarke down the cobbled streets of Boston to discover its history in the golden age.
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- 2010
- 125 pages
- Paperback
- History Press (SC)
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