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The Boston Massacre : a family history

Title
The Boston Massacre : a family history / Serena Zabin.
Author
Zabin, Serena R.
Publication
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]

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Description
xvi, 296 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
Summary
  • "A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution"--
  • "The story of the Boston Massacre--when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death--is familiar to generations. But the history of the event has always obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political. Historian Serena Zabin weaves colorful stories from original sources, following British troops as they are dispatched from Ireland to Boston in 1768 to subdue the increasingly rebellious colonists. She reveals a forgotten world hidden in plain sight: the many regimental wives and children who accompanied the troops. We see these families jostling with Bostonians for living space, finding common cause in the search for a lost child, trading barbs, and and sharing baptisms--becoming, in other words, neighbors. When soldiers shot unarmed citizens in the street, it was such intensely human, now broken bonds that fueled what quickly became a bitterly fought American Revolution." --
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-284) and index.
Contents
  • Prologue: March, 1770 -- Families of Empire -- Inseparable Interests, 1766-1767 -- Seasons of Discontent, 1766-1767 -- Under One Roof -- Love Your Neighbor, 1768-1770 -- Absent Without Leave 1768-1770 -- A Deadly Riot -- Gathering Up, 1770-1772 -- Epilogue: Civil War, 1772-1775.
  • Prologue -- Families of empire, 1765 -- Inseparable interests, 1766-67 -- Seasons of discontent, 1766-68 -- Under one roof, 1768 -- Love your neighbor, 1769-70 -- Absent without leave, 1768-70 -- A deadly riot: March 1770 -- Gathering up: March 6, 1770-August 1772 -- From shooting to massacre, October-December 1770 -- Epilogue: Civil war. -- Contents, page [vii].
Call Number
JFE 20-5082
ISBN
  • 9780544911154
  • 0544911156
LCCN
  • 2019026089
  • 40029794697
OCLC
1104300975
Author
Zabin, Serena R., author.
Title
The Boston Massacre : a family history / Serena Zabin.
Publisher
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2020]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-284) and index.
Chronological Term
1700-1799
Other Form:
Online version: Zabin, Serena, The Boston Massacre Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020. 9780544911192 (DLC) 2019026090
Other Standard Identifier
40029794697
Research Call Number
JFE 20-5082
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