Granite Cities, Yankee Heroes, American Dreams: A National History of Boston's Bunker Hill Monument

Author: Chapman, Michael E.
Title: Granite Cities, Yankee Heroes, American Dreams: A National History of Boston's Bunker Hill Monument
Publication: Trebarwyth Press, 2012

Description: Softcover. "Mike Chapman's Granite Cities, Yankee Heroes, American Dreams is 'about' the Bunker Hill Monument as much as Moby Dick is about a whale. Yes, we learn the fascinating story of the crucial Battle of Bunker Hill, and the campaign to build the Monument that still graces the Boston skyline; we also learn about Quincy granite and Charlestown's twentieth-century culture of violence and silence; in this fast-paced, superbly-written, and meticulously researched study we come face to face with the meaning of America -- just as Joseph Warren and Daniel Webster did on the storied hill overlooking Boston. This is a tour-de-force of historical writing -- and an essential book to understanding history -- what happened, how it is remembered, and why it still matters."--Prof. Robert Allison, Chair of the History Department, Suffolk University. Near Fine.

Quarto, 280 pp. In wraps. Email address printed inside upper wrap else Fine.

Seller ID: 8660

Subject: New England