Anyone who knows Union Park Press knows that we have a bit of a thing for the Boston Harbor Islands. Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands, by Christopher Klein, was the first book published by the Press back in 2008, with an updated 2nd edition released this past spring. With the Mass Memories Roadshow focusing gathering [...]
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Prompt donated by Dennis Lehane, Author of Mystic River and Shutter Island Donnie was a meter maid who moonlighted as a comedian three nights a week on the North Shore. This was working out pretty good until the guy he ticketed most in April started showing up to heckle him. “Excuse me, but in general, [...]
Our books and authors are getting some fantastic coverage today! Congrats to Christopher Klein and Kim Foley MacKinnon! This morning, Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands and author Christopher Klein were featured on NECN’s Morning show. Catch Chris’ interview here for connections to Lehane and Scorsese’s Shutter Island, as well as some of the fascinating history behind [...]
Chris Klein, author of Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands, will be LIVE on NECN at 7:45am this Thursday, February 18, 2010. The timing of the interview could not be better, as Scorsese’s Shutter Island hits theaters on Friday. Tune in as Klein reveals the true stories behind the reformatories, quarantine stations, and social institutions that [...]
If you’ve been watching television the last few weeks, you may have seen commercials previewing the movie “Shutter Island,” which will be released on February 19. “Shutter Island” has a lot of star power behind it. Martin Scorsese directs. Leonardo DiCaprio is in the lead. And the story is based on the novel by Boston’s [...]
