Massachusetts 101 The 101 Events That Made Massachusetts

Name: Massachusetts 101 The 101 Events That Made Massachusetts
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ISBN: 9781889833361

ISBN-10: 1889833363

ISBN-13: 9781889833361

Edition: 2005

Authors: Christopher Kenneally

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From Redcoats to Red Sox, from the Mayflower to the first e-mail message, the history of Massachusetts is fascinating stuff. Author Christopher Kenneally offers an enjoyable and enlightening short course in state history, narrating the 101 events that most shaped the Commonwealth and, with it, our nation. Here are the essential stories everyone should know from Boston to the Berkshires, from the Mohawk Trail to the Cape Cod National Seashore. * Who were John Winthrop and Charles Ponzi, Mary Dyer and Mary Lyon, Anthony Burns and Ray Tomlinson? * Did you know that Massachusetts had the first public school in America? the first published African American poet? the first commercial railroad?…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Applewood Books
Publication date: 4/20/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.22" wide x 8.96" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.044

Jeremy D'Entremont has been writing about and photographing lighthouses for two decades. Webmaster of ""New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide"" at www.lighthouse.cc, he is founder and president of Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse, a board member of the American Lighthouse Foundation, and a writer for Lighthouse Digest magazine. A native of Lynn, Massachusetts, he lives with his wife, Charlotte Raczkowski, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.