Boston Firsts: 40 Feats of Innovation and Invention that Happened First in Boston and Helped Ma ke America Great

by Lynda Morgenroth

Book Overview

Boston Firsts is about everything (well, almost ) that happened first in Boston and changed life elsewhere: from the first lighthouse and public library to the first madam and ready-made suit. Boston-based journalist and essayist Lynda Morgenroth has written forty original essays on the city's long history of innovation, from the colonial era to the present. These lively takes on Boston's innovative history range from the first use of ether in publicly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080707134X
• ISBN13: 9780807071342
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"