It Happened In Boston( Series - It Happened In )

From a witch hanging on Boston Common to the first time two brides legally walked down the aisle together, It Happened in Boston offers a unique look at intriguing people and episodes from the history of Beantown.Learn about the incredible, 300-mile journey that led to the British evacuation of Boston in 1776. Meet the heroic soldiers of the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth, the first African-American regiment to take up arms in the Civil War. And read the rap sheets of Boston's most notorious criminals, including the slippery thieves who stripped $300 million in art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. In an easy-to-read style that's entertaining and informative, author Julia Boulton Clinger recounts some of the most captivating moments from Boston's past.