Boston Harbor Islands

by Kales, David

• ISBN13: 9781596292901
• ISBN10: 1596292903
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-08-01
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Despite the relentless development of the past two centuries, Boston's coastal geography is still defined by its Harbor Islands. Carved and sculpted by massive glaciers from millennia past, this constellation of thirty-odd isles-notorious for swirling currents, surging tides and treacherous submerged hazards-has played an outsized role in the city's history and growth.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Prehistory	p. 11
European Discovery	p. 15
Colonial Expansion	p. 21
Boston Looks Seaward	p. 26
The Pirates of Boston	p. 31
The "Speckled Monster" of Boston	p. 36
The Gathering Storm	p. 40
The Miracle of Dorchester Heights	p. 43
War and Peace	p. 52
Yankee Traders	p. 58
New Boston	p. 62
The Great Famine	p. 65
The Cultural Hub	p. 68
Taming the Wilderness	p. 70
The Civil War	p. 75
Transformation	p. 87
Prisons and Sewage Treatment Plants	p. 90
Maritime Tradition	p. 93
Urban Nature	p. 97
The Twentieth Century	p. 108
Between the World Wars	p. 116
World War II	p. 123
Remnants and Renaissance	p. 129
The Twenty-first Century	p. 137
Bibliography	p. 146
Index	p. 155
About the Author	p. 159
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