<p><span class="deck">The author walks us through literary Boston at its zenith. But Boston being what it is, we also come across the Revolution, ward politics, and the great fire.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Boston is so bright a beacon of Revolutionary history that it is easy to forget that the city played an equally significant role in another civil war. Dara Horn, a Harvard junior, seeks out the moral engine of the Union cause.</span></p>
