We Built This City: Boston - Tamra B Orr - Bog

We Built This City: Boston reveals the history of Boston, its influential people, and origins of its famous landmarks. Learn about the Algonquin tribe who lived on the land before the immigrants came, the role Boston played in the Revolutionary War, the history of the Boston Marathon, building Fenway Park, and the "Big Dig" reconstruction of the road system. It also features historical and current pictures of Boston, a chronology of events from 1614 to today, suggested reading for further research, a glossary and index.