{"product_id":"walls-rock-and-rum-alison-c-simcox-9781467159067","title":"Walls, Rock, and Rum: Colonial History and the Founding of Middlesex Fells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Complex History of One of Our Great State Parks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMiddlesex Fells, located north of Boston, is one of the most storied state parks in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHome to Indigenous Peoples for thousands of years, this land became part of Charlestown, the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Puritans transformed the landscape, marked woodlots with stone walls, and gave the largest lots to wealthy men. They harvested timber and quarried stone from the Fells to build houses, ships, and walls and to fuel brickmaking and rum distilling. Enslaved labor, acquired through the transatlantic trade, supported these markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday the Fells is preserved, but beyond its trails and wooded vistas lie deeper stories of Indigenous communities and colonial transformation. Alison C. Simcox and Douglas L. Heath trace this history with new research published for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison C. Simcox,Douglas L. Heath\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467159069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467159067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Alison C. Simcox","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447173853439,"sku":"9781467159067","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bfd6de93-92ee-4d8e-9c38-a4341298042f.jpg?v=1777229336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walls-rock-and-rum-alison-c-simcox-9781467159067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}