Author : John Harris
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 31,84 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : 9780762705191
This guide includes forty walks through Boston's major historic areas including: Beacon Hill, the Common, and Cambridge. With information such as history of the area, architecture, politics, religion, and intrigues of the past.
Author : John Harris
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781564401571
This guide includes forty walks through Boston's major historic areas including: Beacon Hill, the Common, and Cambridge. With information such as history of the area, architecture, politics, religion, and intrigues of the past.
Author : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 22,58 MB
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1439643989
Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the Massachusetts State House as the Hub of the Universe. In Boston: A Historic Walking Tour, readers are guided on a series of downtown walking tours that radiate out from this Boston landmark. Featuring different excursions that explore Bostons prominent neighborhoods and districts, visitors and natives alike will see how this city has become one of the countrys oldest cultural destinations. Bostons growth and development in the 19th and 20th centuries has contributed to it becoming the unofficial Capital of New England; its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region is far reaching. Although Boston is known for its notoriously crooked streets and narrow alleys, it is a mecca for walkers looking to take in historic sites and surround themselves with history. Walk along Tremont, Washington, Beacon, and Summer Streets to explore downtown Boston. Saunter down Beacon Street on Beacon Hill and Boylston Street in the Back Bay to take in the citys most beloved sites.
Author : John Harris
Publisher :
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 32,11 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN :
Author : Charles Bahne
Publisher : Museyon
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 193845006X
Discover one of !--?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /--America's most historic cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning Boston's 400-year history, and then visit the places where history happened on walking tours of the city's historic neighborhoods. Boston expert Charles Bahne reveals some of the city's most shocking moments, from a murder mystery on the Harvard campus to the mistake that sent two million gallons of molasses pouring down Commerce Street. Other essays explore major historic events including the Boston Tea Party and the ride of Paul Revere to the establishment of the Red Sox and Fenway Park. The book also contains stories about John Hancock, Charles Bulfinch, Fredrick Law Olmsted, Alexander Graham Bell, Isabella Stewart Gardner, the Kennedys, and more.
Author : Steve Gladstone
Publisher : Steven J Gladstone
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1479132144
A guide to touring the Freedom Trail in Boston, with explanatory material for the 'official' Freedom Trail stops, and includes suggestions for alternatives to touring the entire trail. Additional material and languages are available via smartphone apps and QR codes.
Author : Cindi D. Pietrzyk
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 22,12 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0762768495
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
Author : Steve Gladstone
Publisher : Steven J Gladstone
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,65 MB
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1300165316
2014 Edition - Includes FREE COMPANION APP & STREAMING AUDIO NARRATION. Also visit the Boston Harbor Islands, Harvard Sq., Cambridge, Lexington & Concord, and Adams NHP. Google Auto-Translate to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, & Japanese. Free Web-Updates with Happenings, Budget Tips, Maps & more. Use it to plan, brush up on background information, or as a personal, interactive, tour guide when walking The Freedom Trail. Covers all 16 “official” Freedom Trail Stops as well as over 50 other “unofficial” landmarks. And, side trip to Cambridge/Harvard Sq., Lexington, Concord, and Adams NHP. Over 60 photos and illustrations. Tips for optimum touring strategy, best free tours, discounted admissions, where to eat, transportation, parking, and even the best lobster specials. What to visit with children and limited time.
Author : John Harris
Publisher :
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,32 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Travel
ISBN :
Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
ISBN :
