Press Advisory
For Immediate Release
Contact: Stacen Goldman or Hope Shannon
617-536-4445
admin@southendhistoricalsociety.org
HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO PUBLISH BOOK ABOUT NOTABLE SOUTH ENDERS
Boston, MA— South End Historical Society Executive Director Hope Shannon has signed with Arcadia Publishing to author a book entitled Legendary Locals of Boston’s South End. Part of Arcadia’s Legendary Locals series, which has profiled residents of neighborhoods, towns and cities across the country, the book focuses on both former and current South Enders that have had a lasting impact on the community.
“I want to include people that represent the entire history of the South End, from the mid-nineteenth century to the present,” Shannon said. “Irish or Italian, Bostonian or immigrant, criminal or angel—I aim to feature the well-known and the unknown, the infamous and the benevolent. All of these people contributed to the South End that we know today.”
Shannon welcomes community input and invites South Enders to submit suggestions and photographs for consideration in the book. Shannon aims to include about 150-200 profiles. Shannon will accept suggestions until Friday, April 19th.
Shannon can be contacted via email at hope.shannon@southendhistoricalsociety.org or by phone at 617-536-4445. Those interested in suggesting South Enders can do so via email, by phone, or by filling out the suggestion form found at www.southendhistoricalsociety.org/legendarylocals. Legendary Locals of Boston’s South End is scheduled to be released in early 2014.
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