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Taking It to the Streets
by Tom Clavin
March 5th is the anniversary of what became known as the “Boston Massacre.”…
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When the Lowell Women Broke the Boston Brahmin Rules
by Nina Sankovitch On a late winter’s evening in the year 1902, Amy Lowell took to the…
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First Baseball Strike in History: Carlton Fisk and the 1972 Red Sox
by Doug Wilson The First Baseball Strike in History April 1, 1972 baseball owners and the…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
Cold Crematorium is the first English language edition of a lost memoir by Holocaust survivor József…
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Edith Wharton’s Guide to New York
by Mariah Fredericks
Mariah Fredericks's new novel, The Wharton Plot, follows renowned novelist Edith Wharton through…
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