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...Gertrude Stein, Class of 1897, in the Paris of the Twenties, they probably didn't realize that their trendy Parisian salon continued a tradition started by another Harvard graduate on Beacon Hill 150 years earlier. The Great, the Undiscovered and the Unkown gathered in the "Beacon Manse" of John Hancock, Class of 1754, during the years of colonial revolt...
Sitting in his office overlooking an expansive parking lot at Northeastern University, Fowler explains his interest in John Hancock. In the man who, for most, means life insurance. the skyscraper, or the hazy and not-too-interesting personage who endorsed the Constitution, Fowler sees a paradoxical politico. The dichotomous Hancock, generally acknowledged in his day as Boston's wealthiest citizen, became its most outspoken revolutionary. Fowler's examination demythifies...
Fowler spent nearly three years niggling back through the records of Hancock's life to prepare this scholarly work. Hancock's official record at Harvard, stored in the basement of Houghton Library, shed some light on his character. Although he entered Harvard at the precocious age of 13, he was an undistinguished student. He complained about the "rotten" food and usually ate at local alehouses, where he picked up a taste for rum. Fowler includes in the text some of the drinking songs Hancock composed while at school...
...Freestyle--1. Burke (P) 1:45.88; 2. Hancock (H) 2:46.48; 3. Kirk...
...butterfly--1. Jack Gauthier (H) 52.16,2. Dan Menichella (H) 52.31,3. Rick Kirk (H) 53.70.500 freestyle--1. Andy Lockman (H) 4:40.66,2. Chris Hancock (H)4:44.39,3. Ron Ralkula (H) 4:45.31. 200 backstroke--1. Tim Maximoff (H) 1:59.68,2. Mike Coglin (H) 2:02.82, 3. Ted Chappell (H) 2:02.89.50 freestyle--1. Jack Gauthier (H)21.89,2. Geoff Seelen (H) 22.04,3. Ned Cahoon (H) 22.18. 200 breaststroke--1. Jack Ewing (H) 2:11.5,2. Tim Maximoff (H) 2:16.98, 3. Andy Lockman (H) 2:19.09.100 freestyle--1. Ned Cahoon (H) 49.09,2. Geoff Seelen...