Boston on fire : a history of fires and firefighting in Boston

Fires and firefighting in Boston from the seventeenth century to the present. Includes the Great Fire of 1872, the Cocoa

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English Year 2003

Over the years, Boston has been one of America's leading laboratories of urban culture, including restaurants, and

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We bear deep wounds, individually and collectively. All have been worsened by a period of destructive politics that left

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Founded by the Puritans in 1630 and the site of many of the American Revolution’s major precursors and events (including

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A dramatic untold "people’s history" of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution The sto

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Residents and visitors alike can journey back in time as they follow Boston's 2 ½-mile Freedom Trail past twenty-si

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This introduces firefighting and fire safety systems on ships for seafarers, students and cadets, as well as naval archi

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"This book is, quite simply, remarkable journalism, and remarkable writing." —Robert B. Parker An infamous mur

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