Reviews for Boston Catholics A History of the Church and Its People

The average rating for Boston Catholics A History of the Church and Its People based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-04-12 00:00:00 Tracy Reed Somewhat disappointed by this book - it talks about the internal history of the Catholic Church in Boston and expands outwards from there. That perspective somewhat limits the extent to which one can really write about how the Church affected Boston, because it focuses on the history of the Church rather than the history of its people. On the other hand, every chapter ends with an extensive list of alternative sources from which one can dig more deeply into that part of history, which is a great addition and something I haven't seen integrated directly into a book's chapters before.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-05-08 00:00:00 Chris Bowman Interesting story about a saint (or really the Irish) that may have landed in North America earlier than Leif Erickson. It was interesting that she mentioned he was cranky much of the time. Not eating will do that! We loved the illustrations by Enrico Arno. We are going to try to imitate and draw his pictures too.