Boston Firsts 40 Feats of Innovation and Invention That Happened First in Boston and Helped Make America Great |
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| Author:
| Morgenroth, Lynda |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8070-7132-8 |
| Publication Date: | May 2007 |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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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 performed surgery to the...
More Description 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 performed surgery to the first school desegregation court case to the one--and only--automatic bargain basement.