Boston Harbor Islands

Author : Christopher Klein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1934598062

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Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands by Christopher Klein Pdf

Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands is an indispensable guide to help you plan your island adventures.Explore military installations that protected Boston during wartimeincluding Civil War era Fort Warren. Visit Boston Light on Little Brewster, site of the nations oldest lighthouse. Kayak into the coves where pirates and bootleggers hid. Wander the woodlands and meadows that were the seasonal camps of Native Americans and the sites of Revolutionary skirmishes. Sail to the outer islands, find the best year-round fishing spots, and discover why the islands are a birders paradise. Take in a jazz concert, an antique baseball game, or simply hop from one island to the next to experience the stunning natural beauty of this most storied national park area.

Author : Edward Rowe Snow
Publisher : Applewood Books
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781933212852

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The Islands of Boston Harbor by Edward Rowe Snow Pdf

A reissue of Edward Rowe Snow's first book, covering the legends and history of nearly every rock and island in Boston Harbor, including Boston Light and Graves Light. The first (1935) edition resulted from research Snow did at Harvard under the tutelage of the great maritime historian Samuel Eliot Morison. When the 1971 edition of the book was published, a critic for the Boston Post wrote, "Mr. Snow has the gift of making his subject vivid and personal in its anecdotal touches . . . It is a volume of chatty yet dignified essays, with many a light touch brought in." This centennial edition contains the complete 1971 text, with annotations by Jeremy D'Entremont to bring the information up to date.

Author : Pavla Simková
Publisher : Environmental History of the N
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1625345968

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Urban Archipelago by Pavla Simková Pdf

The Boston Harbor Islands have been called Boston's "hidden shores." While some are ragged rocks teeming with coastal wildlife, such as oystercatchers and harbor seals, others resemble manicured parks or have the appearance of wooded hills rising gently out of the water. Largely ignored by historians and previously home to prisons, asylums, and sewage treatment plants, this surprisingly diverse ensemble of islands has existed quietly on the urban fringe over the last four centuries. Even their latest incarnation as a national park and recreational hub has emphasized their separation from, rather than their connection to, the city. In this book, Pavla Simková reinterprets the Boston Harbor Islands as an urban archipelago, arguing that they have been an integral part of Boston since colonial days, transformed by the city's changing values and catering to its current needs. Drawing on archival sources, historic maps and photographs, and diaries from island residents, this absorbing study attests that the harbor islands' story is central to understanding the ways in which Boston has both shaped and been shaped by its environment over time.

Author : Anthony Mitchell Sammarco
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Travel
ISBN : 075240900X

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Boston's Harbor Islands by Anthony Mitchell Sammarco Pdf

Author : Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
ISBN : IND:30000159453004

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Cultural Landscape Report for the Boston Harbor Islands, Boston Harbor Islands National & State Park, Boston, Massachusetts by Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073891248

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Boston Harbor Islands by Anonim Pdf

Author : Emily Kales,David Kales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : 089046054X

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All about the Boston Harbor Islands by Emily Kales,David Kales Pdf

Author : Christopher Klein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493050406

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The Boston Harbor Islands by Christopher Klein Pdf

The Boston Harbor Islands: Discovering the City's Hidden Shores is an indispensable resource for those who want to uncover the best kept secret in the Northeast. Part history, part travel guide, Christopher Klein has written the most compelling invitation to explore the Boston Harbor Islands national park area to date. Explore the military installations that protected Boston during wartime—including Fort Warren, home of Confederate prisoners during the Civil War. Visit Boston Light on Little Brewster, the nation’s oldest lighthouse site. Kayak into the coves where pirates and bootleggers once hid. Dive amid century-old wrecks, or climb to the top of Spectacle Island for an altogether different view of Boston. Take in a jazz concert, an antique baseball game, or simply hop from one island to the next to experience the stunning natural beauty of this most storied national park. Complete with resource listings of recreational activities on and around the harbor islands and richly illustrated with over 150 full-color photographs, Klein’s comprehensive coverage and keen wit will inspire thousands of landlubbers and mariners to leave port for many summers to come.

Author : Stephanie Schorow
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439678169

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A Boston Harbor Islands Adventure by Stephanie Schorow Pdf

In 1891, four intrepid women from Lowell sailed to a remote island in Boston Harbor for a 17-day escape from New England's prim and proper society. Calling themselves the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat, and the Autocrat, the women rusticated in a cottage on Great Brewster Island, reveling in the chance to shed their identities of wife, mother, and daughter. Relive their sojourn through their remarkable journal, filled with observations, illustrations, photographs, and poetry, reproduced here by the Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area (Mass.)
ISBN : NWU:35556031854268

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Boston Harbor Islands, a National Park Area, General Management Plan by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210014029431

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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation Pdf

Author : Gerald Butler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000-07-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781439627426

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The Military History of Boston's Harbor Islands by Gerald Butler Pdf

This accurate pictorial history will acquaint the reader with the seacoast defenses of Boston Harbor. Fortified since the the 1600s, seacoast defenses provided important protection for the new seaport. By the Civil War, strong granite fortresses guarded the seaward approaches to the Port of Boston. Later, powerful long-range guns and mortars protected the seaport. During World War II, the most sophisticated and powerful guns existing were installed. These guns used the first computers and radar systems developed for the military for target acquisition and tracking. In The Military History of Boston’s Harbor Islands, great care has been taken to identify harbor defense systems at all of the harbor islands, mainland forts, and the observation and radar towers from Nahant to Scituate. The book identifies and explains the long-abandoned granite and concrete monoliths of Boston Harbor. The Military History of Boston’s Harbor Islands briefly describes Edgar Allan Poe’s tour of duty in Boston Harbor, the impact that Col. Sylvanus Thayer had on Boston’s seacoast fortifications, and many mysterious structures at the harbor forts.

Author : Laura Thibodeau Jones
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781463438777

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Generations by Laura Thibodeau Jones Pdf

This book documents the life of August Reekast from Prussia, Christina (McKinnon) Reekast from Nova Scotia, and three generations of lives living on Calf, Outer, Middle and Great Brewster Islands in the Boston Harbor from 1891 to the 1940's. August Reekast was a very well know lobster fisherman who lived and worked his trade off Outer Brewster Island; also was a boat Captain for Julia Arthur. Ms. Arthur (an actress in the late 1800's to early 1900's) and her husband Benjamin P. Cheney were the owner's of Calf Island and a beautiful Mansion which overlooked the Harbor. In 1908 the Reekast family lost everything in the Chelsea Massachusetts Fire, having no other option, moved their eight children to the Islands where they rebuilt their lives. In the mid 1900's their son Gus Reekast became caretaker of Calf Island where he and his wife raised their daughter Augusta (Periwinkle). In the early 1920's the Reekast family relocated to N. Weymouth Mass., their home was located on Hunts Hill. During the depression, Ida (Reekast) Knoll and Edmund Knoll brought their two children Christine (knoll) Walsh and Rosemary (Knoll) Thibodeau to live on Great Brewster. The Reekast and Knoll family left a legacy of knowledge, pictures and documents which fill the pages of this book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:945741120

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Boston Harbor Islands, a National Park Area, Massachusetts by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Kales
Publisher : Brief History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1596292903

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Boston Harbor Islands by David Kales Pdf

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. In The Boston Harbor Islands: The History of An Urban Wilderness, David Kales examines the astonishing range of uses Bostonians have found for their neighboring archipelago. From pirates' havens to military fortifications, the Harbor Islands have undergone innumerable transformations. Now, as Kales describes, conservation agencies hope to revitalize the oft-neglected islands, which were recently designated as a National Park Area. Filled with fascinating stories, The Boston Harbor Islands is the perfect primer for readers seeking to learn more about a unique maritime landscape located just a ferry ride away from Boston.