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Other titles in the Boston's Freedom Trail series:

  1. Boston's Freedom Trail: A Souvenir Guide
  2. Bostons Freedom Trail 8TH Edition

Boston's Freedom Trail, 7th: A Souvenir Guide

by Robert Booth

Boston's Freedom Trail, 7th: A Souvenir Guide Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

The 21¼2-mile Freedom Trail offers a rare and wonderful opportunity to trace the path of American history. With this book as your companion, journey back in time as you follow the trail past the site of the Boston Massacre, the Bunker Hill Monument, and twenty-four other historic landmarks that embody pivotal events in the formation of our nation.

Put on your walking shoes and visit: Faneuil Hall, where the citizens of Boston voted their “opposition to Tyrants and their Minions”

Paul Revere’s house, the only 17th-century wooden dwelling still standing in any major American city

the Old South Meeting House, where Sam Adams’s December 16, 1773, oration led to the Boston Tea Party

the Old State House, the site of Boston’s first public reading of the Declaration of Independence

Each entry includes a brief description of the site’s historical significance and architectural details, as well as information about admission fees, hours of operation, wheelchair accessibility, and Web sites.

Synopsis:

There's no better way to relive the birth of our nation than by walking along the 2 1/2 mile Boston's Freedom Trail. Readers can put on their walking shoes and use this illustrated guide as a companion as they follow Boston's redbrick trail past the site of the Boston Massacre, the Bunker Hill Monument, and twenty-four other historic landmarks. Each entry in this souvenir guide includes information about admission fees, wheelchair accessibility, telephone numbers, and Web sites.

Synopsis:

Relive the birth of our nation along Bostons historic Freedom Trail Z99 this illustrated guide to twenty-six legendary landmarks

About the Author

Erica Bollerud spent several years as a travel editor at Yankee Publishing, Inc., contributing to Yankee magazine, Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide to New England, and NewEngland.com. She also updated the fourth edition of Historic Walks in Old Boston and the sixth edition of Insiders' Guide to Cape Cod. She lives in Medford, Massachusetts.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780762740628
Subtitle:
A Souvenir Guide
Author:
Frost, Jack
Revised:
Bollerud, Erica
Editor:
Pietrzyk, Cindi
Editor:
Bollerud, Erica
Author:
Booth, Robert
Author:
Bollerud, Erica
Publisher:
Globe Pequot
Subject:
United States - New England - Massachusetts
Subject:
United States / Northeast / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Edition Number:
7
Series:
Boston's Freedom Trail
Publication Date:
20060501
Binding:
TP
Language:
English
Illustrations:
YES
Pages:
104
Dimensions:
9.14x6.34x.41 in. .46 lbs.
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