All posts tagged "literature"
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14.0K2ConnecticutThe History of Indian Summer
Indian summer evolved over the centuries from a pioneer superstition to the poet’s best friend to the meteorologists’ whipping boy. It is...
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17.4K2MassachusettsBoston’s Rat Day of 1917
On Boston’s Rat Day of 1917, the upper-class women of Boston gave $1.34 for every rat carcass turned in. The numbers of...
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28.2K8ConnecticutThe Highest Point in Each New England State
You might think the most challenging mountain climbing adventure in New England is to the highest point in the region: Mount Washington...
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10.3K9Arts and LeisureFanny and Oliver, The Unlikely Pair Who Secured the Legacy of Walt Whitman
On July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman was first published – to widespread shock and awe. Today’s literary classic was 1855’s...
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12.3K1Politics and MilitaryThe Top Secret Reeducation Camp in RI During World War II
Some of Germany’s finest writers and artists churned out an anti-Nazi newspaper at a secret reeducation camp in Narragansett, R.I., during World...
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10.2K2Arts and LeisureIsabella Stewart Gardner, Early Gay Icon?
Isabella Stewart Gardner is known to most for Fenway Court, her palatial Boston museum from which $500 million in art was stolen...
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