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Abrams, Dan Benoit, Peter Chiavaroli, Heidi Lukes, Bonnie L. Ready, Dee. Zabin, Serena R.Ready, Dee.
Summary: Discusses the situations and events that led to the Boston Massacre, the precursor to the American Revolutionary War, including information on the colonies' relationship with Britain and the effects of the French and Indian War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bridgestone Books 2002
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 973.4 REAZabin, Serena R.
Summary: The story of the Boston Massacre--when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death--is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political. Professor Serena Zabin draws on original sources and lively stories to follow British...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 ZABSummary: The Boston Massacre: March 5th, 1770. Tensions are mounting on King Street at the Custom House. New taxes have been imposed by British Parliament on the colonies. Governor Hutchinson, John Adams and Sam Adams discuss their rationale for rioting. Ultimately the rioting escalates leaving many people dead, including Crispus Attucks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CBS News 2000
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV YOUChiavaroli, Heidi
Summary: "An antique ring reunites a Boston Marathon bombing survivor and the man who saved her. Together, they unearth the two-hundred-year-old history of a woman who suffered tremendous loss in the Boston Massacre, a woman torn between the love of two men - one a Patriot, and the other a Redcoat. As both women seem to forgive the wrongs done to them, each must decide whether to face their future...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHIBenoit, Peter
Summary: Presents the history of the Boston Massacre, including the British efforts to tax the colonies that caused the uneasy situation in Boston, the events that led to the shooting, the reactions of the British and the colonists, and the trial.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3113 BENLukes, Bonnie L.
Summary: Historical examination of the aftermath, including the trials, of the Boston Massacre of 1770.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lucent Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3113 LukesAbrams, Dan
Summary: History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era. On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press, with Harlequin Books 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010