A new 100th anniversary edition of the only adult book on one of the odder disasters in US history--and the greed, disregard for poor immigrants, and lack of safety standards that led to it.Around noo
Between 1850 and 1900, Boston underwent a stunning metamorphosis from an insulated New England town into one of the world’s great metropolises—one that achieved worldwide prominence in politics, medic
The first history of the Boston Italians and how they transformed themselves and their cityA Boston Globe BestsellerIn this lively and engaging history, Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston It
In this lively and engaging history, Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a largely illiterate and impoverished people in a strange land recreated the
"Dark Tide is the definitive account of America’s most fascinating and surreal disaster.” —John Marr, San Francisco Bay GuardianShortly after noon on January 15, 1919, a fifty-foot-
