The Boston Freedom Trail: In Words and Pictures
()
About this ebook
Through lyrical paragraphs and poignant black and white images, The Boston Freedom Trail reveals the essence of each site along the Freedom Trail, thereby allowing the reader to be moved and to connect more intimately with the splendor of liberty itself.
Said to be the soul of the city, Boston’s Freedom Trail embodies the remarkable and courageous spirit of America’s unyielding quest for Independence and makes Boston a popular and endearing tourist destination. Beginning within the elegantly manicured grounds of Boston’s Common, this trail takes an estimated twenty million visitors a year on a fascinating 2.5-mile walk through its historic sites—sites enveloped within the city itself, and dotted with cafés, restaurants, bars, hotels, and commerce.
In this book, each of these sites, and each name associated with America’s independence, whispers endless stories and inspires great dreams. This city’s captivating past—and that of the entire American experience—can be discovered on each page, making it an absorbing and everlasting book, one dedicated to the absolute beauty and the luminous tradition of freedom.
Robert Wheeler
Robert Wheeler fondly recalls time spent with his daughters along Boston’s Freedom Trail, from pushing a stroller, to walking hand-in-hand. The rich and fascinating stories evoked by each historic site, as well as the exceptional charm of Boston’s quaint city streets, shops, and restaurants, lured him back again and again, inspiring this sensory and absorbing book. Robert is also the author of Hemingway’s Paris: A Writer’s City in Words and Images and Hemingway’s Havana: A Reflection of the Writer’s Life in Cuba. He lives near the sea in New Castle, New Hampshire, with his wife, Meme.
Read more from Robert Wheeler
Hemingway's Havana: A Reflection of the Writer's Life in Cuba Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHemingway's Paris: A Writer's City in Words and Images Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to The Boston Freedom Trail
Related ebooks
Boston: A Century of Progress Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Boston History for Kids: From Red Coats to Red Sox, with 21 Activities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoston: A Historic Walking Tour Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouth Boston Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNaming Gotham: The Villains, Rogues & Heroes Behind New York's Place Names Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoston Common Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Short History of Charleston Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Boston's Trail to Freedom: Historic Monuments Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoston - The Historic City Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Study Guide for Bernard Malamud's "The Fixer" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Hamnet by Maggie O'farrell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Cover the Waterfront: Stories from the San Diego Shore Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A History of Dupont Circle: Center of High Society in the Capital Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrand Teton: Children Of The Rockies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTHE LAST AMERICAN FRONTIER: The History of the 'Far West', Trials of the Trailblazers and the Battles with Native Americans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Year in Mississippi Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Downtown Boston Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAldo Leopold's Odyssey: Rediscovering the Author of A Sand County Almanac Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tay Bridge Disaster: The People's Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLanterns on the Levee - Recollections of a Planter's Son Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Erie Canal Sings, The Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Age of Revolution (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: Volume 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPittsburgh's Mansions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Prelude to Revolution: The Salem Gunpowder Raid of 1775 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTenting On The Plains OR General Custer In Kansas And Texas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMob Island Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoving to Charleston: The Un-Tourist Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Quartermaster: Montgomery C. Meigs, Lincoln's General, Master Builder of the Union Army Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Curiosities of History Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630-1880 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHowards End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) History For You
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win | Summary & Key Takeaways Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Southern Cunning: Folkloric Witchcraft In The American South Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Profiles in Courage: Deluxe Modern Classic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"America is the True Old World" Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Delectable Negro: Human Consumption and Homoeroticism within US Slave Culture Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Everything American History Book: People, Places, and Events That Shaped Our Nation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Constitution of the United States of America: 1787 (Annotated) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/518 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Not Stolen: The Truth About European Colonialism in the New World Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Wager Disaster: Mayem, Mutiny and Murder in the South Seas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The First Frontier: The Forgotten History of Struggle, Savagery, & Endurance in Early America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government | Summary Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Story of the Trapp Family Singers Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A History of Magic and Witchcraft: Sabbats, Satan & Superstitions in the West Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5101 Secrets of the Freemasons: The Truth Behind the World's Most Mysterious Society Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A History of the American People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Boston Freedom Trail
0 ratings0 reviews