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Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1880
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Oscar Handlin |
xvii, 382 pages : 19 cm |
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The Pox and the Covenant
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Tony Williams |
A covenant of life and death. For 100 years, God had held to his promise, and the colonists had as well: live uncorrupted lives or suffer divine wrath. But on April 22, 1721, the arrival of one doome… |
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All souls
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Michael Patrick MacDonald |
In this book, the author takes us deep into the secret heart of Southie. With radiant insight, he opens up a contradictory world, where residents are besieged by gangs and crime but refuse to admit a… |
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The exchange artist
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Jane Kamensky |
This book recounts the story of Andrew Dexter, a chronically overleveraged real estate developer who engineered profound shifts in the economy and skyline of turbulent early America. Dexter built the… |
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Black mass
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Dick Lehr |
John Connolly and James "Whitey" Bulger grew up together on the tough streets of South Boston. Decades later in the mid-1970s, they met again. By then, Connolly was a major figure in the FBI's Bost… |
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White devil
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Bob Halloran |
"In 2013, "Bac Guai" John Willis, aka White Devil, was sentenced for drug trafficking and money laundering ... was "leader of a vast conspiracy." Journalist Bob Halloran tells the tale of the only wh… |
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The exchange artist
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Jane Kamensky |
The Exchange Artist tells the story of Andrew Dexter, Junior and the first American skyscraper. Equal parts entrepreneur and confidence man, Dexter erected his swagger building, the Exchange Coffee H… |
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Rat Bastards
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John "red" Shea |
John "Red" Shea, 40, was a top lieutenant in the South Boston Irish mob run, led by James "Whitey" Bulger. An ice–cold enforcer with a red–hot temper, Shea was a legend among his peers in the 1990s S… |
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Shut Out
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Howard Bryant |
"Imagine Ted Williams, Jackie Robinson, Bobby Doerr, and Willie Mays all on the same team, playing for the Boston Red Sox during the 194Os and 195Os. Think of how different those epic battles with th… |
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Brutal
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Kevin Weeks,Phyllis Karas |
I grew up in the Old Colony housing project in South Boston and became partners with James "Whitey" Bulger, who I always called Jimmy.Jimmy and I, we were unstoppable. We took what we wanted. And we … |
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Welfare Politics in Boston, 1910-1940 (Political Development of the American Nation series)
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Susan Traverso |
"Between 1910 and 1940, Boston's growing immigrant population repeatedly clashed with the city's traditional elite over how to provide assistance to the needy. While Yankee politicians and the leader… |
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