Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Boston History

Author/Contributor(s):	Valle, Paul Della
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Date:	10/1/2013
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The lives of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary–if misunderstood–thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes, jerks, and evil doers from history all get their due in the short essays featured in these enlightening, informative, books. Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Boston History features eighteen short biographies of nefarious characters, from the pompous and self-righteous Cotton Mather to the swindler Charles Ponzi.