Meet Stephen Puleo, historian and author who will be signing books at the USS Constitution Museum on April 15th from 1:30-3:30 pm.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
1:30 – 3:30 pm
USS Constitution Museum
Charlestown Navy Yard
Puleo is the author of A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston 1850-1900; The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day; and Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919. (A City so Grand and Dark Tide will be available for purchase in the Museum Store.)
A former award-winning newspaper reporter and contributor of feature stories and book reviews to American History magazine and the Boston Globe, Puleo holds a master’s degree in history (From Italy to Boston’s North End: Italian Immigration and Settlement, 1890-1910, UMass-Boston, 1994), for which he received the Dean’s Award for Academic Achievement, and was the Graduate Convocation keynote speaker. He teaches at Suffolk University in Boston.
For additional information please contact Chris White or Jim Banfield at 617-426-1812 ext 122.
