Boston Firsts: 40 Feats of Innovation and Invention that Happened First in Boston and Helped Make America...

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Lynda Morgenroth

Boston Firsts

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40 Feats of Innovation and Invention that Happened First in Boston and Helped Make America Great...

Lynda Morgenroth

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Beacon Press
01 September 2018

Industrialisation & industrial history

Back in print- The first book to bring together the inventions, innovations, and events that first happened in Boston.

Boston Firsts is about everything (well, almost!) that happened first in Boston and changed life elsewhere- from the first lighthouse and public library to the first madam and ready-made suit. Boston-based journalist and essayist Lynda Morgenroth has written forty original essays on the city's long history of innovation, from the colonial era to the recent past. These lively takes on Boston's innovative history range from the first use of ether in publicly performed painless surgery to the first school desegregation court case to the one-and only-automatic bargain basement.

Consider this- Ice cut from Boston ponds and shipped to hot climates became a worldwide industry. A controversial kidney transplant between twin brothers marked the start of organ transplantation. Attempts to breed a belligerent fighting dog created the sweet-natured Boston terrier, the first dog breed developed in the U.S. The glorious Massachusetts 54th Regiment, led by a Boston Brahmin, was the first black army regiment in U.

S history. First newspaper, novel, subway, telephone, gay marriage- the beat goes on.

Ranging from advances in science and engineering-like the smallpox inoculation and the Boston Harbor cleanup-to innovations in culture and society- Fannie Farmer's cookbook, the YMCA, and Boston cream pie-the collection investigates, celebrates, and integrates America's workshop of ideas.

By: Lynda Morgenroth
Imprint: Beacon Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780807071342
ISBN 10: 080707134X
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 01 September 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lynda Morgenroth, author of the urban field guide Boston Neighborhoods- A Food Lover's Walking, Eating, and Shopping Guide to Ethnic Enclaves in and around Boston and longtime Boston Globe contributor, lives ""slightly northeast"" of Boston.

Reviews for Boston Firsts: 40 Feats of Innovation and Invention that Happened First in Boston and Helped Make America Great

Morgenroth colors this thrilling history with hip, current observations and makes you notice just how vast and varied our accomplishments and inventions are. -Mopsy Strange Kennedy, Improper Bostonian