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Boston Sites and Insights: An Essential Guide to Historic Landmarks In and Around Boston
by Susan Wilson
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Beacon Press (2004-05-15)
ISBN: 0807071358
EAN: 9780807071359
UPC: 046442071352
Dewey Decimal #: 917.446104
Binding/Media: Paperback - 368 pages
Edition: Revised
Release Date: 2004-05-15
SKU: S181-1211
Condition: Like New
Comments: UNREAD but may have a crease or mark or minor imperfections. In stock - Sent fast from British booksellers.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Whether you"re looking for a history of one of the city"s world-class museums or for a fascinating story about Boston"s popular North End, Susan Wilson covers it all in Boston Sites and Insights. With practical, up-to-date information as well as fresh retellings of popular legends and lore, Wilson provides everything the modern visitor or resident needs to know to enjoy the multicultural city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Wilson describes all the well-known sites, such as the Freedom Trail and Fenway Park, but she also writes about lesser-known landmarks like the Abiel Smith School on Beacon Hill, built in the nineteenth century for the city"s growing population of African-American children, who were struggling in a time of segregation.
Each chapter concludes with "The Essentials", a section that provides useful information such as addresses and phone numbers, opening and closing times, accessibility, and Websites. In addition, the book features more than fifty black-and-white photographs illustrating the sites.
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Customer Reviews
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short and sweet, not boring
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-01-09
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I got this book because I need it for a class, but I actually started reading it before the class started. It's a great book to give you the basic info about a lot of popular and historic places in Boston. Each site has about 4 pages of info, including websites, phone numbers, and other tourist info. I wish I had known about this before my senior year of college in Boston.
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