Massachusetts History Book Fair
| Hours: | Hours Vary see below |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | Free see below |
| Category: | Fairs & Festivals |
“Massachusetts History Book Fair”
Who: Massachusetts Historical Society
What: Massachusetts History Book Fair - a book sale of works of history related to Massachusetts by noted authors as well as lectures and readings
When: Friday November 30 between 5:30 to 8 p.m.
and Saturday, December 1 bewteen 9:30 to 4 p.m.
Schedule of Author Presentations
- Friday, November 30: 5:30 – 8:00 pm -
6:00: Bob Allison - The Boston Massacre; The Boston Tea Party
7:00: Eric Jay Dolin - Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America
- Saturday, December 1: 9:30 – 4:00 -
10:00: Stephanie Schorow - The Cocoanut Grove Fire
and the upcoming book - The Crime of the Century: How the Brink’s Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston
11:00: Susan Wilson - The Literary Trail of Greater Boston
12:00: Bonnie Hurd Smith - 'Mingling Souls Upon Paper,' An Eighteenth-Century Love Story (Judith Sargent Murray)
1:00: Diane Rapaport - The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England
2:00: James A. Craig - Fitz H. Lane: An Artist’s Voyage Through Nineteenth Century America
3:00: Eve LaPlante - Salem Witch Judge: The Life and Repentance of Samuel Sewall; American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson
Location
Massachusetts Historical Society
1154 Boylston Street, Boston
The event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Books for all authors will be available. For more information, please visit www.masshist.org
About Massachusetts Historical Society
The Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS), founded in 1791, is an independent research library that collects manuscripts of the personal papers (unpublished letters and diaries) of individuals and families from Massachusetts over the entire course of American history. The MHS holds millions of unique documents central to the study of American history, as well as book, photographs, works of art and artifacts that support research in its manuscript collections.
Among the Historical Society's irreplaceable national treasures are: John Winthrop's journal of the founding of Massachusetts Bay in 1630; the extraordinary correspondence between John and Abigail Adams, including her eloquent appeal for him to 'Remember the Ladies' in drafting the Declaration of Independence, as well as his account of the writing of the Declaration; Thomas Jefferson's personal papers (his descendents lived here in Massachusetts) including his architectural drawings for Monticello; letters exchanged by Abraham Lincoln and Edward Everett of Massachusetts after they delivered their respective speeches at Gettysburg; the records of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry, the first Afro-American regiment raised in the North during the Civil War; as well as thousands of collections of personal papers of men and women from all walks of life.
As part of its continued community involvement, each year the Society hosts more than forty public programs including almost a dozen public lectures and seminar series on early American, urban and immigration, and environmental history, as well as other special events.
For more information please call 617-646-0519.
| HOURS | ↑ top |
Friday November 30 between 5:30 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, December 1 bewteen 9:30 to 4 p.m.
| COST | ↑ top |
Free to the public
| LOCATION | ↑ top |
1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02116 map
Phone: 617-646-0519
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