East Boston Through Time

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"In his new book East Boston Through Time, Anthony Sammarco outlines a neighborhood of the city of Boston which was once known as Noddle's Island, one of the five islands that had been used for grazing livestock since the 1630s. Development of the two larger islands -- Noddle's and Breed's Islands -- began in the 1830s under the direction of the East Boston Company, making this one of the city of Boston's first neighborhoods to utilize a formal urban plan. East Boston's harbor location also enabled it to become a center for shipbuilding and some of America's most famous clipper ships were built here ..."--Back cover