Buildings and Landmarks of Old Boston
Subtitle: A Guide to the Colonial, Provincial, Federal, and Greek Revival Periods, 1630-1850
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: University Press of New England
Published: July 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9781584650928
Subjects: Architecture; History; TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; United States - Northeast - New England (General); History - General; Travel Guides - U.S.; Vernacular Architecture; United States - New England - Massachusetts; Northeastern & North Atlantic states; USA; Massachusetts; Criticism; U.S. Architecture - General; Architecture / General; Boston (Mass.); Boston; Guidebooks; Historic buildings
First sentence: Near the end of the fifteenth century, fishermen in growing numbers were pursuing Europe's tasty North Atlantic cod, a fish that was easily preserved in casks of brine and traded over the sea-lanes of the world.