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Hidden History of Boston
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.
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.
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128 pages, Paperback
Published June 11, 2018
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March 21, 2019
This book was informative, different and revelatory! I love Boston and learning all of the hidden history of this amazing city kept me on my toes throughout the book! I’ve learned things about Boston I never knew about such as Amelia Earhart’s stint as a social worker at the Denison House, the sinking of the “City of Salisbury” in Boston Harbor to William Mumler, the Spirit Photographer! The stories run the gamut and you will be entertained and informed all at the same time.
February 10, 2022
This local history book exposed a history of very unexpected events in Boston’s history / ranging from anti- Catholic violence during revolutionary times to gory murders to anti- Semitic violence against Jews by Irish Catholics to epidemics to trolley disasters to gang violence in Chinatown by rival gangs. And this all in addition to the more known history of Boston from starting the Revolutionary War fever to the
Molasses Flood to mobster Whitey Bulger and the local mafia and the busing riots of the 1970’s.
Molasses Flood to mobster Whitey Bulger and the local mafia and the busing riots of the 1970’s.
February 17, 2019
Great book about little known historical stories of Boston!
February 21, 2020
Lots of fun (& disturbing) stories of Boston’s past.
December 21, 2021
Average. Most of the history is well known.
December 31, 2024
No spoilers here, but what a great book! It truly is the hidden history of Boston! Some stories are slightly on the darker side, but it definitely has shaped Boston to be what it is now!! The author is/was a docent for Boston by Foot, and so she definitely knows some good history!!
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