Reuben Hoar Library (Littleton)

Boston, 12 moments that mattered, 1872-1997

Label
Boston, 12 moments that mattered, 1872-1997
Language
eng
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Boston
Sub title
12 moments that mattered, 1872-1997
Table Of Contents
Cheerful, attractive and useful -- a history of the Globe's first 125 years / Rosemarie McDonald -- One boy's Boston / by Samuel Eliot Morison -- Fragments of history / John Yemma -- The great fire of 1872 / Peter S. Canellos -- The building of the Boston Public Library / Louise Kennedy -- The opening of Symphony Hall / John Yemma -- The reelection of Mayor John Fitzgerald / Martin F. Nolan -- The trading of Babe Ruth / David M. Shribman -- The founding of Raytheon Co. / Paul Hemp -- The execution of Sacco and vanzetti / Eileen McNamara -- The world's first successful kidney transplant / Richard A. Knox -- the demolition of the West End / Derrick Z. Jackson -- The creation of the Magellan fund / Joan Vennochi -- The court-ordered desegregation of Boston's schools / Thomas F. Mulvoy Jr. -- The Tall ships parade / Jack Thomas

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