Boston's Freedom Trail: Trace The Path Of American History - Softcover

Pietrzyk, Cindi D.

 
9780762772988: Boston's Freedom Trail: Trace The Path Of American History
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0762772980 ISBN 13: 9780762772988
Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing, 2011

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A thorough yet concise walking guide to one of America's most important historic destinations

Relive the birth of America along Boston's historic two-and-a-half-mile Freedom Trail with this guide to twenty-six legendary landmarks—including the site of the Boston Massacre and the Bunker Hill Monument. This new edition is fully updated to include the most current information on the sites, including admission fees, hours of operation, and more. It also features a fresh cover treatment and a new, travel-friendly trim size. Put on your walking shoes and visit:

- Faneuil Hall, where the citizens of Boston voted their “opposition to Tyrants and their Minions”

- Paul Revere's house, the only seventeenth-century wooden dwelling still standing in any major American city

- The Old South Meeting House, where Sam Adams's December 16, 1773 oration led to the Boston Tea Party

- The Old State House, the site of Boston's first public reading of the Declaration of Independence

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Cindi D. Pietrzyk is a freelance writer and editor based in Connecticut. She has been writing and working in the publishing industry for sixteen years, both in-house and as a freelancer. She started her career as a journalist and worked for a year covering the beat before moving on to book publishing.

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A thorough yet concise walking guide to one of America's most important historic destinations Relive the birth of America along Boston's historic 2.5-mile Freedom Trail with this guide to 26 legendary landmarks--including the site of the Boston Massacre and the Bunker Hill Monument. This new edition is fully updated to provide the most current information on the sites, including admission fees, hours of operation, and more. It also includes suggested Side Trips to nearby historic attractions that don't stray too far from the red line, as well as Pit Stops, points of interest where you might want to take a break from the proceedings and shop or grab a bite to eat. Put on your walking shoes and visit: - The Old South Meeting House, where Sam Adams's December 16, 1773, oration led to the Boston Tea Party- The Old State House, the site of Boston's first public reading of the Declaration of Independence - Faneuil Hall, nicknamed the Cradle of Liberty, because there the voices of the people thundered their dissent over various acts of the Crown- The Paul Revere House, downtown Boston's oldest building, dating to the late 16th-century

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Verlag
Globe Pequot Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762772980
ISBN 13 
9780762772988
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
128
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