In 1932, Mark Kramer opened a shop selling used textbooks. Today it is the most famous seller of used, new and inexpensive books in Harvard Square. Jeffrey Myerson and Linda Simonson of Wellesley, Massachusetts, bought the store In 2008. Forbes named this store as the best bookstore in the "World's Best Stores 2005" list.
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This short walk through Harvard and Cambridge will introduce us to some of the most iconic sites of a renowned world university. First, we learn how the student fraternity introduced a unit of measurement equal to the height of the director of the Institute of Standards. Next, we will visit the most famous bookstore. Next, we will learn how the fate of the ancient tomes and the death of the Titanic are connected. Finally, let's touch on the history of creating a sewing machine and a telephone and end the trip in the town of Watertown - one of the first colonies of New England, notorious for the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon.
Don't be afraid to get lost in new places!
