The Handy Boston Answer Book

Samuel Willard Crompton

Description

Boston. Bahston. A wicked good look at the city of Boston, it’s people, history, culture, and surrounding neighborhoods.

Whether it's called Beantown, The Olde Towne, Titletown, The Cradle of Liberty, The Athens of America, The Puritan City, The City on a Hill, or any of its other obscure or oft-repeated nicknames, Boston has a long and varied history. Its universities and hospitals lead the nation, and its sports teams, politicians, and colloquialisms continue to captivate. Exploring this city’s fascinating history, people, myths, culture, and trivia, The Handy Boston Answer Book takes an in-depth look at one of America's oldest major cities.

Learn about the city’s founding by Puritan settlers, the Boston Massacre, the Great Fire, the opening of the T, the busing desegregation strife, the Big Dig, and much, much more. Tour landmarks from Faneuil Hall to Fenway Park to the United States' first public school, Boston Latin School, and important institutions such as Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital. Sports (and the local sports fanatics) are illuminated (and explained). Popular neighborhoods, ethnic enclaves, and the surrounding suburbs are canvassed. The government, notable sons and daughters, parks, and cultural institutions are all packed into this comprehensive guide to the city of Boston. Find answers to 1,200 questions, including:

What was the Boston revolt of 1689?

Who dramatized Paul Revere's Midnight Ride?

How did the Embargo Act of 1807 affect Boston?

How did Protestant and Yankee Boston become the multi-ethnic metropolis of today?

When did Boston's Great Fire occur?

How much of the city's land was reclaimed by filling in marshes, mud flats, and gaps between wharves along the waterfront?

What cities and towns comprise the “Greater Boston” region?

How many college students reside in Boston?

Why is the Boston Marathon always run on the third Monday of April?

Who ran the Boston Marathon the most times?

Were the baseball players always called the Red Sox?

Why did Boston get the "Athens of America" nickname?

What's “The T”? What's “The Pike”?

Who designed Boston’s “Emerald Necklace”?

Who was Boston's longest-serving mayor?

Are “Tonics” and “Whoopie Pies” available at most “Spas”?

What do the colored lights on top of the old Hancock building say about the weather?

What do Samuel Adams, James Taylor, Benjamin Franklin, and Taylor Schilling have in common?

A convenient place to go to look up the basic—and fun—facts about Boston, its history and culture, The Handy Boston Answer Book illustrates the unique character of the city through a combination of facts, stats, and stories, as well as the unusual and quirky. This informative book also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Cambridge Massachusetts
• Boston Massachusetts
• Shawmut Peninsula
• State
• Siege of Boston
• Charles River
• Boston Massacre
• United States
• New England
• History
• Bunker Hill
• Rivière Charles
• Local
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston
• Massachusetts

Informations

• Publié par: Visible Ink Press
• Date de parution: 19 septembre 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781578596171
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

About the Author

Samuel Willard Crompton is a native of Massachusetts who has visited about thirty of the fifty states. During a break from his literary endeavors he took a thirty-day train trip around the entire perimeter of the country, and he s never been the same since. Some of the highlights were the Four Mile Bridge at Astoria and Cut Bank, Montana. Crompton is the author or editor of many books, including The Illustrated Atlas of Native American History and Visible Ink s The Handy Civil War Answer Book and The Handy Military History Answer Book . He is a specialist in the French and Indian Wars and has served as a talking head for the Military Channel on its First Command program. Crompton teaches history at Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts, where he has seen his students move from the analog to digital ages. He resides in Hadley, Massachusetts.
Also from Visible Ink Press
The Handy African American History Answer Book
by Jessie Carnie Smith
ISBN: 978-1-57859-452-8
The Handy American History Answer Book
by David L. Hudson, Jr.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-471-9
The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, 2nd edition
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney
ISBN: 978-1-57859-542-6
The Handy Answer Book for Kids (and Parents), 2nd edition
by Gina Misiroglu
ISBN: 978-1-57859-219-7
The Handy Art History Answer Book
by Madelynn Dickerson
ISBN: 978-1-57859-417-7
The Handy Astronomy Answer Book, 3rd edition
by Charles Liu
ISBN: 978-1-57859-419-1
The Handy Bible Answer Book
by Jennifer Rebecca Prince
ISBN: 978-1-57859-478-8
The Handy Biology Answer Book, 2nd edition
by Patricia Barnes Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney
ISBN: 978-1-57859-490-0
The Handy Boston Answer Book
by Samuel Willard Crompton
ISBN: 978-1-57859-593-8
The Handy California Answer Book
by Kevin S. Hile
ISBN: 978-1-57859-591-4
The Handy Chemistry Answer Book
by Ian C. Stewart and Justin P. Lamont
ISBN: 978-1-57859-374-3
The Handy Civil War Answer Book
by Samuel Willard Crompton
ISBN: 978-1-57859-476-4
The Handy Communication Answer Book
by Lauren Sergy
ISBN: 978-1-57859-587-7
The Handy Dinosaur Answer Book, 2nd edition
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney
ISBN: 978-1-57859-218-0
The Handy English Grammar Answer Book
by Christine A. Hult, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-520-4
The Handy Geography Answer Book, 3rd edition
by Paul A. Tucci
ISBN: 978-1-57859-576-1
The Handy Geology Answer Book
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney
ISBN: 978-1-57859-156-5
The Handy History Answer Book, 3rd edition
by David L. Hudson, Jr.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-372-9
The Handy Hockey Answer Book
by Stan Fischler
ISBN: 978-1-57859-513-6
The Handy Investing Answer Book
by Paul A. Tucci
ISBN: 978-1-57859-486-3
The Handy Islam Answer Book
by John Renard, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-510-5
The Handy Law Answer Book
by David L. Hudson, Jr.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-217-3
The Handy Math Answer Book, 2nd edition
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney
ISBN: 978-1-57859-373-6
The Handy Military History Answer Book
by Samuel Willard Crompton
ISBN: 978-1-57859-509-9
The Handy Mythology Answer Book,
by David A. Leeming, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-475-7
The Handy New York City Answer Book
by Chris Barsanti
IBSN: 978-1-57859-586-0
The Handy Nutrition Answer Book
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney
ISBN: 978-1-57859-484-9
The Handy Ocean Answer Book
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney
ISBN: 978-1-57859-063-6
The Handy Personal Finance Answer Book
by Paul A. Tucci
ISBN: 978-1-57859-322-4
The Handy Philosophy Answer Book
by Naomi Zack
ISBN: 978-1-57859-226-5
The Handy Physics Answer Book, 2nd edition
By Paul W. Zitzewitz, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-305-7
The Handy Politics Answer Book
by Gina Misiroglu
ISBN: 978-1-57859-139-8
The Handy Presidents Answer Book, 2nd edition
by David L. Hudson, Jr.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-317-0
The Handy Psychology Answer Book, 2nd edition
by Lisa J. Cohen, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-508-2
The Handy Religion Answer Book, 2nd edition
by John Renard, Ph.D.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-379-8
The Handy Science Answer Book, 4th edition
by The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
ISBN: 978-1-57859-321-7
The Handy State-by-State Answer Book
By Samuel Willard Crompton
ISBN: 978-1-57859-565-5
The Handy Supreme Court Answer Book
by David L. Hudson, Jr.
ISBN: 978-1-57859-196-1
The Handy Technology Answer Book
by Naomi Balaban and James Bobick
ISBN: 978-1-57859-563-1
The Handy Weather Answer Book, 2nd edition
by Kevin S. Hile
ISBN: 978-1-57859-221-0

Please visit the Handy Answers series website at www.handyanswers.com.

Dedication
This book is for my beloved Charlotte, who arrived in Boston many years ago, as the first step of her American pilgrimage.
Contents
A CKNOWLEDGMENTS
P HOTO S OURCES
T IMELINE
I NTRODUCTION
THE BASIC FACTS
EARLY BOSTON, 1630-1760
The First Government
Boston Turns into Massachusetts
Indian Wars
Loss of the Charter
Science and Religion
Foreshadowing the Revolution
The Great War for Empire
REVOLUTIONARY BOSTON
King George III and His Colonists
The Stamp Act
The Declaratory Acts
The Boston Massacre
An African American Voice
The British Occupation
April 19, 1775
Bunker Hill and Breed s Hill
A Different Solution
From Revolution to Nationalism
End of the Eighteenth Century
The Physical Scene
NINETEENTH-CENTURY BOSTON
Miscellany
The War of 1812
Boston as Seen by Lafayette
Turning Water into Dry Land
The Cause of Humankind
The Torch Passes
The Irish
Boston Area Humanitarians
Coming of the Civil War
African American Soldiers from Boston
Boston s Triumph and the Golden Years
The New Trinity Church
Boston in 1874
Ethnic Wars
THE MODERN METROPOLIS
World War I
Aftermath of the Great War
Postwar Conservatism
The 1930s
World War II
Urban Renewal-Phase One
The 1960s
The Kennedy Influence
The 1970s
Pride and Shame
Blizzard to Blizzard
The Shocking Charles Stuart Case
Tall Ships and Tall Buildings
The Big Dig
Turn of the Century
Ethnic Realities
THE BOSTON MARATHON
The Beginnings
Tarzan
The Great Boom
Women in the Marathon
The 1980 Debacle
Financial Crisis
The Women s and Wheelchair Races
The Bombings
THE RED SOX
The Lowest Decade
The Yawkey Era
The Williams Era
The Yastrzemski Era
The Season of 1978
The Post-1978 Slump
The World Series of 1986
Close But No Cigar
The New Millennium
Road to the Championship
Redemption Achieved
OTHER GREAT BOSTON SPORTS
The Celtics
New England Patriots
The Boston Bruins
POLITICAL DYNASTIES AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Colonial and Revolutionary Politics
The Era of Good Feelings
The Fitzgeralds
The Kennedys
President Kennedy
The Kennedy Senators
All Politics Is Local
Governor Dukakis
Senator Kerry
Governor Romney
The Bulgers
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Harvard
Harvard in Transition
MIT
Boston College and Boston University
Other Schools
Lesser-Known Schools
MUSIC, RADIO, AND MUSEUMS
Fiedler and the Boston Pops
Folk and Rock Music
Museums, Libraries, and Archives
BOSTON IN MOVIES AND TELEVISION
Boston on TV and in the Movies
STREETS, SQUARES, AND NEIGHBORHOODS
Squares
Neighborhoods
HOSPITALS, LIBRARIES, AND THE BUILDING BOOM
How Boston Became a Medical Town
The Building Boom
UNIQUE BOSTON
The Weather
Generation Shift
PROMINENT BOSTONIANS
Rugged Individuals
Men and Women of Action
The Artists
BOSTON TRIVIA AND THE BOSTON ACCENT
Colloquialisms
Trivia
A PPENDIX : M AJORS OF B OSTON
F URTHER R EADING
I NDEX
Acknowledgments
This has been a labor of love, and all sorts of people have helped. I d like to single out John S. Bowman, A. C. Doyle, Elise Bernier-Feeley, and all the people I grew up with in the 1970s, back when Boston was the city close-by, but which had all sorts of romance and allure for the outsider. Thanks also to Roger J necke and Kevin Hile, the people who keep Visible Ink cranking. On a material level, I need to thank the super little Honda Fit that carried me round the streets of Boston time and time again.
Photo Sources
Keith Allison: p. 222 .
Joseph Barillari: p. 350 .
Baseball Digest: p. 181 .
Boston Public Library, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center: p. 28 .
British Library: p. 155 .
Andrew Campbell: p. 225 .
Steven Carter: pp. 183 , 215 .
Casablanca Records: p. 299 .
CBS Television: p. 291 .
City of Boston Archives: pp. 128 , 137 .
Courtenay Guild: p. 285 .
Sam Crompton: pp. 4 , 10 , 22 , 31 , 94 , 105 , 145 , 241 , 266 , 313 , 320 , 321 , 334 , 347 , 386 .
R. Dikeman: p. 192 .
Alain Edouard: p. 268 .
Chris Evans: p. 186 .
Googie man (Wikicommons): p. 200 .
Henry Han: p. 338 .
David Hay: p. 37 .
Dirk Hillbrecht: p. 142 .
Houghton Library at Harvard University: p. 102 .
Internet Archive Book Images: p. 115 .
Jaguar MENA (Wikicommons): p. 317 .
Kafziel (Wikicommons): p. 195 .
Fred Keenan: p. 214 .
Library and Archives Canada: p. 109 .
Library of Congress: pp. 13 , 52 , 116 177 , 179 , 252 , 282 .
Alan Light: p. 309 . Marathona (Wikicommons): p. 166 .
Massachusetts Historical Society: p. 238 .
Alec McNayr: p. 292 .
National Archives and Records Administration: pp. 61 , 67 , 70 , 255 .
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.: pp. 30 , 49 .
New York Public Library: p. 43 .
Dan4th Nicholas (Wikicommons): p. 232 .
Jac de Niis: p. 162 .
Hal O Brien: p. 256 .
Jack O Connell, Sporting News Archives: p. 209 .
Adanne Osefoh: p. 298 .
Eckhard Pecher: p. 171 .
Tim Pierce: p. 271 .
Saboteur (Wikicommons): p. 228 .
Perkins School for the Blind Archives: p. 99 .
Shutterstock: pp. 3 , 34 , 84 , 130 , 217 , 230 , 235 , 267 , 275 , 294 , 297 , 301 , 303 , 312 , 314 , 324 , 327 , 333 , 352 , 380 .
Gage Skidmore: p. 260 .
Aaron Tang: p. 172
Toasterb (Wikicommons): p. 197 .
United Press In