Isbn: 9781540234094 - hidden history of boston (2 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Boston is one of America's most historic cities, but it has quite a bit of unseen past. Riotous mobs celebrated their hatred of the pope in an annual celebration called Pope's Night during the colonial era. A centuries-long turf war played out on the streets of quiet Chinatown, ending in the massacre of five men in a back alley in 1991. William Monroe Trotter published the Boston Guardian, an independent African American newspaper, and was a beacon of civil rights activism at the turn of the century. Author and historian Dina Vargo shines a light into the cobwebbed corners of Boston's hidden history.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorDina Vargo has been a lover of history and tricorn hats since dressing up at the age of six as Betsy Ross for our nation s bicentennial. After receiving her BA in fine arts from the University of Pittsburgh, she worked.