Boston Harbor Islands (eBook)

Discovering the City's Hidden Shores

Christopher Klein (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020 | 3rd Edition
248 Seiten
Globe Pequot (Verlag)
978-1-4930-5040-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The Boston Harbor Islands: Discovering the Citys Hidden Shores is an indispensable resource for those who want to uncover the best kept secret in the Northeast. Part history, part travel guide, Christopher Klein has written the most compelling invitation to explore the Boston Harbor Islands national park area to date. Explore the military installations that protected Boston during wartimeincluding Fort Warren, home of Confederate prisoners during the Civil War. Visit Boston Light on Little Brewster, the nation's oldest lighthouse site. Kayak into the coves where pirates and bootleggers once hid. Dive amid century-old wrecks, or climb to the top of Spectacle Island for an altogether different view of Boston. Take in a jazz concert, an antique baseball game, or simply hop from one island to the next to experience the stunning natural beauty of this most storied national park. Complete with resource listings of recreational activities on and around the harbor islands and richly illustrated with over 150 full-color photographs, Klein's comprehensive coverage and keen wit will inspire thousands of landlubbers and mariners to leave port for many summers to come.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2020
• Zusatzinfo: 184 Illustrations including: - 184 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Birding • Boston • boston harbor islands • Boston Light • Bumpkin Island • buried treasure • Calf Island • Camping • deer island • Fishing • Gallops Island • Georges Island • Grape Island • Great Brewster Island • Green Island • Hangman Island • Hingham Harbor Islands • Kayaking • Lighthouse • Little Brewster Island • Little Calf Island • Long Island • Lovells Island • Massachusetts Bay • Middle Brewster Island • military history • Moon Island • New England • Nixes Mate • Nut Island • Outer Brewster Island • Peddocks Island • pirates • Raccoon Island • Rainsford Island • Shag Rocks • Sheep Island • Slate Island • Snake Island • Spectacle Island • The Graves • Thompson Island • Webb Memorial State Park • World's End
• ISBN-10: 1-4930-5040-0 / 1493050400
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-5040-6 / 9781493050406