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Needham Retired Men’s Club
I have a soft spot for groups in my new hometown of Needham. They call. I come. What can I say. http://hometownweekly.net/needham-retired-mens-club-honored-retiring-president-p5768-144.htm
Find out more »Reading at Needham Council for Aging, April 23
Speaking to my neighbors in Needham Heights at the new Council for the Aging.
Find out more »Lunchtime talk to the Massachusetts Area Planning Council (MAPC)
This should be a great lunch, with an audience interested in planning, engineering, and all things Boston! I'm excited to talk here.
Find out more »Reading: Reuben Hoar Library, Littleton, Ma
The beautiful library in Littleton invited me out, I'm excited to visit and read from The Race Underground
Find out more »ReadBoston event for literacy at West Roxbury Library
I'll be at the West Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library on Thursday eve, May 29 for ReadBoston!
Find out more »Reading: Walpole Public Library
I'll be reading from The Race Underground and signing, at the Walpole Public Library on June 5 at 7 p.m.
Find out more »Reading: July 8, Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum in the Berkshires
Super excited to visit the Berkshires mansion where William Whitney once stayed, Ventfort Hall in Lenox, MA.
Find out more »Doug Most at the New York Transit Museum, Brooklyn, NY, July 23
Cannot wait for this event. The New York Transit Museum has all the details here: Join author Doug Most as he sheds light on the development of the first subways in the late 19th century and discusses his recent book, The Race Underground. A great American story of two rival American cities, their rich, powerful and sometimes corrupt interests, and an invention that changed the lives of millions – all set against the backdrop of the Museum’s own 1936 subway…
Find out more »Reading: July 24, 630 pm, Old South Meeting House, Boston
If you love history, come join us at 6:30 pm at the Old South Meeting House, a great historical place in Boston, to talk about Boston's first subway! From the Meeting House Website: Doug Most shares his favorite details and stories about the building of the first two subways in America, from his new book, “The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America’s First Subway.” It is a “meticulously researched history,” says The Economist and Kirkus…
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