{"product_id":"the-castle-on-gibbet-hill-the-surprising-history-of-groton-massachusetts-paperback","title":"The Castle on Gibbet Hill: The Surprising History of Groton, Massachusetts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCherie Dumont\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest Book in US History- NABE Pinnacle Books Achievement Award 2023 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew England Book Festival Honorable Mention 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Algonquin hunted and gathered on Gibbet Hill, the land was thickly forested and dotted with lakes. Centuries later, General William Amos Bancroft, mayor of Cambridge and president of the Boson Elevated Railway, built what is now known as the Castle-and set the scene for 100 years of drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the surprising story of the Castle on Gibbet Hill in \u003cstrong\u003eGroton, Massachusetts\u003c\/strong\u003e-and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehundreds of lives lived out here. The Hill was witness to a major battle of \u003cstrong\u003eKing Philips War\u003c\/strong\u003e. After it was suddenly sold by Bancroft in 1912 it became a private hospital and admitted patients returning from WWI, only to be closed when its owner became embroiled in the \u003cstrong\u003eUS Contract Hospital\u003c\/strong\u003e scandal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGibbet Hill was purchased by the super rich Danielson family, owners of \u003cstrong\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly \u003c\/strong\u003eand heirs to the Deering Tractor fortune. They founded the \u003cstrong\u003eGroton Hunt Club\u003c\/strong\u003e in the 1920s. So symbolic was the hill that the \u003cstrong\u003eKu Klux Klan\u003c\/strong\u003e decided to erect a giant cross and set it on fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaughter Marion Danielson bought the hill from her mother and founded one of the most important herds of \u003cstrong\u003epurebred Angus cattle \u003c\/strong\u003ein America, influencing practices that created the modern breed we see today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo why did General Bancroft abandon his plan for a grand baronial estate in Gibbet Hill? Was it the terrible \u003cstrong\u003eBoston El Strike of 1912\u003c\/strong\u003e or was it something else? Cherie Dumont presents compelling new evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978521018669,"sku":"9798987880500","price":27.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Upi02G_3BD9798987880500.webp?v=1775805610","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-castle-on-gibbet-hill-the-surprising-history-of-groton-massachusetts-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}