by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 8, 2022 | History News
Julie Flavell— Finally revealing the family’s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British General Sir...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Dec 1, 2022 | History News
Steve Kemper— A gripping, behind-the-scenes account of the personalities and contending forces in Tokyo during the volatile decade that led to World War II, as seen through the eyes of the American ambassador who attempted to stop the slide to war. In 1932, Japan was...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 25, 2022 | News, Publick Occurences
« All Events December 7 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm ‘Contradictory Place’: Cotton Mills Alongside Anti-Slavery Efforts in Lowell Massachusetts A screening and discussion with film collaborator Professor Robert Forrant From the 1830s through the Civil War, many...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 17, 2022 | History News
Rinker Buck— The eagerly awaited return of master American storyteller Rinker Buck, Life on the Mississippi is an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Nov 10, 2022 | History News
James Conroy— Lincoln’s White House is the first book devoted to capturing the look, feel, and smell of the executive mansion from Lincoln’s inauguration in 1861 to his assassination in 1865. James Conroy brings to life the people who knew it, from servants to cabinet...
