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Index
Front Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
Part One: Unsung but Fascinating Bostonians
Boston’s Johnny Appleseed
Bully for Bulfinch
Abigail Adams, Able Advisor
The Baronet and the Barmaid
Interesting Bostonians
T.W. Lawson: Truly a Towering Figure
Feeling Those Good Vibrations
Thomas Watson Always Had a Call Waiting
The Twisting Threads of History
Boston’s Merchant Prince
Joshua Bates: Boston and Barings Banker
Massachusetts Was Wide Awake When War Came
General James L. Bates: Born to Be a Soldier
The Write Stuff: The First Ballpoint Pen
No Car, No Phone…Just Millions of Dollars
Banned in Boston—Born in Quincy
Part Two: Murder and Mystery
The Highwayman
Blood and Bones on Beacon Hill
The Crime of the Century
The Sleepwalker
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
The Boston Strangler
Part Three: Singular Events
A Baseball Miracle
A Sticky Situation: The Great Molasses Disaster
Subways Are More than Sandwiches
Part Four: Food for Thought
Cookies Take Their Toll
Boston Cookery
Why Do Donuts Have Holes in Them?
Who Put the “Fluff” in “Fluffernutter”?
Boston: Ice Cream Capital of the World
Part Five: Portentous Places
The City Skyline: A Rock Pile of Choices
Faneuil Hall—Cradle of Liberty—Is Really Rockin’!
Quincy Market: Where the World Meets Boston
Bunker Hill Granite
The Skinny House and the Narrow Mind
About the Author
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