{"title":"History Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"boston-freedom-trail","title":"Boston Freedom Trail","description":"Boston Freedom Trail photography by Steve Dunwell, text by Blanche M. G. Linden. 48 pages of color photographs. Soft cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Freedom Trail wends its way back into history along a route traveled by Puritans, Patriots, and generations since. This book, \r\nillustrated with wonderful large photographs by Steve Dunwell, \r\ndescribes each of the sixteen sites along the \r\nhistoric trail. 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And how many survivors were desperate enough to consume the remains of their loves ones?\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n  \u003cli\u003eAfter three years at sea, Captain William Kidd found himself in the unenviable position of having tremendous wealth but being unable to return to his family without risking his life. Before turning himself into the authorities to face piracy charges, had he entrusted his fortune to a friend to bury it on Long Island? Or does his ghost continue to haunt Block Island in Connecticut because that's where the treasure really is buried?\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor Diana Ross  McCain  is an independent historian who has been researching, writing, and speaking about Connecticut and New England's past for more than thirty years. She was on the staff of the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford for twenty-five years, most recently as Head of the Waterman Research Center. 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