Author: Cambridge (Mass.). City CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Streets
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
The Streets of Cambridge
Author: Cambridge (Mass.). City CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Streets
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Newtown
Author: Matthew LysiakPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476753741
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"In the vein of Dave Cullen's Columbine, the first comprehensive account of the Sandy Hook tragedy--with exclusive new reporting that chronicles the horrific events of December 14, 2012, including new insight into the dark mind of gunman Adam Lanza. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and a decade's worth of emails from Lanza's mother to close friends that chronicled his slow slide into mental illness, Newtown pieces together the perfect storm that led to this unspeakable act of violence that shattered so many lives. Newtown explores the two central theories that have permeated the media since the attack: some claim Lanza suffered from severe mental illness, while others insist that, far from being a random act of insanity, this was a meticulously thought out, premeditated attack at least two years in the making by a violent video-gamer so obsessed with "glory kills" and researching mass murderers that he was willing to go to any length to attain the top score. Lanza's dark descent from a young boy with adjustment disorders to a calculating killer is interwoven with the Newtown massacre as it unfolded at the time, told from the points of view of eye witnesses, survivors, parents of victims, first responders, and Adam's relatives. A definitive account of a tragedy that shook a nation, Newtown features exclusive material including initial misinformation reported by the media and commentary on how this catastrophic event became a lightning rod for political agendas, much like Columbine did more than a decade ago"--
Streets of Newtowne
Author: Suzanne Preston BlierPublisher: Imagine and Wonder
ISBN: 1637611102
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
Streets of Newtowne addresses the broader history of Newtowne (Cambridge, Massachusetts). While this is the story of one town (my town today), it is also the story of our country. Each chapter features one or more key figures in the telling of this story - from the female Native chief, Sqa Sachem (“Female Ruler”) who met the first pilgrim settlers, to Anne Hutchinson and others who fled the rigidity of the town’s religious and civic rules, to the wealthy slave and plantation owners here, to the Boston Tea Party participants and the arrival of George Washington to take command of the army, to the evacuation of the Loyalists, to the Civil War and the battle within the city between local elites and new émigrés, to the city’s growing importance as a technology center. Every path, street, and water route at this important center held onto its memories of important events that unfolded on or near these critical routes of communication, action, and change. The imagery and text of Streets of Newtowne together harness this rich history offering a unique verbal and visual narrative that is both compelling and easy to grasp. Each chapter focuses on key conflicts and challenges that the city has faced over its long history –from religious fundamentalism to the primacy of local political voices, to the challenges of a new and largely émigré community, to issues around over-development and climate crisis. While this book features many of the core conflicts as well as the well-known men who helped to shape this area - from Paul Revere and George Washington to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the blacksmith, Dexter Pratt, special attention is given to the native land holders, from the female chief who ruled the region at the time the pilgrims arrived and signed the early deeds, along with Caleb Cheeshahteamuck, the first Native American graduate of Harvard College. Women figured prominently here, among these, Anne Bradstreet (America’s first poet) and Anne Hutchinson, the local midwife who pushed for more religious freedom and after her heresy trial was banished from the city taking many religious followers with her. Important in Streets of Newtowne too are various people of African descent. One was Onesimus, the enslaved African, gifted to Puritan minister, Cotton Mather, who offered insights on African smallpox inoculation practices, saving many lives. Another was the enslaved and then freed Darby Vassall who greeted George Washington at the gates of his Vassall estate home (now on Brattle Street) after his Loyalist owners fled the city. Darby later would purchase his own home in Cambridge and work as a caterer. Still another is African American author, Harriet Jacobs, who owned and ran a boarding house in Cambridge not far from the first market. Cambridge now faces serious crises – environmental, affordable housing, over development with labs. The book concludes with a return to our native beginnings and ask the reader (and residents to decide: where do we go from here?
The Records of the Town of Cambridge (formerly New-towne) Massachusets
Author: Cambridge (Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridge (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Changes Among Operating Banks and Branches
Author: Federal Deposit Insurance CorporationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Banks and banking
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
The Pharmaceutical Era
Author: Reports
Author: Somerville (Mass.)Club Men of New York
Author: The English Cyclopædia
Author: The Register Book of the Lands and Houses in the "New Towne" and the Town of Cambridge
Author: Cambridge (Mass.). ProprietorsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cambridge (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description