Boston History Books

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Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 5,079 ratings — published 2003
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The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.69 — 7,542 ratings — published 2009
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Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy and Its Aftermath Fire in the Grove: The Cocoanut Grove Tragedy and Its Aftermath (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 642 ratings — published 2005
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The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.74 — 7,380 ratings — published 2022
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The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 1,042 ratings — published 2021
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A Civil Action A Civil Action (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 16,972 ratings — published 1995
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The Rebellion of Jane Clarke (Satucket #3) The Rebellion of Jane Clarke (Satucket #3)
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avg rating 3.78 — 1,873 ratings — published 2010
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Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.73 — 45 ratings — published 2020
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Wicked Stepmother Wicked Stepmother (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 201 ratings — published 1983
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The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630–1865 The City-State of Boston: The Rise and Fall of an Atlantic Power, 1630–1865 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 240 ratings — published 2019
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Run Run (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 55,734 ratings — published 2007
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The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 3,509 ratings — published 2016
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Weird Massachusetts: Your Travel Guide to Massachusetts' Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets Weird Massachusetts: Your Travel Guide to Massachusetts' Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 191 ratings — published 2008
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The Real Metaphysical Club: The Philosophers, Their Debates, and Selected Writings from 1870 to 1885 The Real Metaphysical Club: The Philosophers, Their Debates, and Selected Writings from 1870 to 1885 (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 5,331 ratings — published 2001
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Back Bay (Peter Fallon, #1) Back Bay (Peter Fallon, #1)
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avg rating 3.89 — 2,402 ratings — published 1979
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Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Life in War, Law, and Ideas (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 603 ratings — published 2019
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Metaphysical Text Book for Student's Use Metaphysical Text Book for Student's Use (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published
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An Imperative Duty An Imperative Duty (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.82 — 71 ratings — published 1892
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The Rise of Silas Lapham The Rise of Silas Lapham (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.43 — 4,304 ratings — published 1885
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A Modern Instance A Modern Instance (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.61 — 427 ratings — published 1882
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Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy: The Story of Little Women and Why It Still Matters (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 2,257 ratings — published 2018
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The Atlas of Boston History The Atlas of Boston History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.54 — 28 ratings — published
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The Boston Legal Directory for 1889: A List of Boston Lawyers and Boston Banks (Classic Reprint) The Boston Legal Directory for 1889: A List of Boston Lawyers and Boston Banks (Classic Reprint)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Ropes & Gray: 1865 to 1990 Ropes & Gray: 1865 to 1990 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 3 ratings — published
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Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston Eden on the Charles: The Making of Boston (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 163 ratings — published 2010
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The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination The New Metaphysicals: Spirituality and the American Religious Imagination (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 50 ratings — published 2010
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A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-1900 A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-1900 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 346 ratings — published 2010
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John Chipman Gray: The Harvard Brahmin of Property Law John Chipman Gray: The Harvard Brahmin of Property Law (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
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The Inception of Modern Professional Education: C. C. Langdell, 1826-1906 (Studies in Legal History) The Inception of Modern Professional Education: C. C. Langdell, 1826-1906 (Studies in Legal History)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
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This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 7,311 ratings — published 2008
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Charlatan Charlatan (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 3,346 ratings — published 2008
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Boston's Back Bay: The Story of America's Greatest Nineteenth-Century Landfill Project Boston's Back Bay: The Story of America's Greatest Nineteenth-Century Landfill Project (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 26 ratings — published 2006
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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 9,589 ratings — published 1965
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The Nine (Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft, #1) The Nine (Sinister Forces: A Grimoire of American Political Witchcraft, #1)
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avg rating 4.16 — 559 ratings — published 2005
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William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.26 — 564 ratings — published 2006
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Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (The American Revolution Series) Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
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avg rating 4.06 — 10,304 ratings — published 2013
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History Lesson: A Race Odyssey History Lesson: A Race Odyssey (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.92 — 73 ratings — published 2008
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The Boston Girl The Boston Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.83 — 88,633 ratings — published 2014
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The Kennedy Women The Kennedy Women (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.23 — 62 ratings — published 1970
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Crime of the Century: How the Brink's Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston Crime of the Century: How the Brink's Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.72 — 36 ratings — published 2008
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Brookline, Allston-Brighton and the Renewal of Boston Brookline, Allston-Brighton and the Renewal of Boston (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.20 — 10 ratings — published 2010
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Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 56 ratings — published 1980
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Inbound 4: A Comic Book History of Boston Inbound 4: A Comic Book History of Boston (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.74 — 23 ratings — published 2009
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A Good Master Well Served (Studies in African American History and Culture) A Good Master Well Served (Studies in African American History and Culture)
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avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 1998
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Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston Latina Politics, Latino Politics: Gender, Culture, and Political Participation in Boston (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 8 ratings — published 1993
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Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party (Politics and Society in Modern America) Don't Blame Us: Suburban Liberals and the Transformation of the Democratic Party (Politics and Society in Modern America)
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avg rating 4.20 — 111 ratings — published 2014
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The Puritans in America: A Narrative Anthology The Puritans in America: A Narrative Anthology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.32 — 37 ratings — published 1985
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Tituba of Salem Village Tituba of Salem Village (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 593 ratings — published 1964
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Thomas M. Cirignano
“Each of us is a book waiting to be written, and that book, if written, results in a person explained.”
Thomas M. Cirignano, The Constant Outsider: Memoirs of a South Boston Mechanic

Nancy Rubin Stuart
“Boston lay in shambles. During the winter months, shivering redcoats had chopped down trees in the Common and ripped apart old buildings for firewood. The Flucker mansion had been looted. Other homes and shops were abandoned, crumbling, ruinous reminders of Boston's pre-Revolutionary splendor.”
Nancy Rubin Stuart, Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

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