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About Stephen Puleo

The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various meanings depend on the context, and may refer to New Englanders, the Northeastern United States, the Northern United States, or to people from the US in general. Many of the earlier immigrants to the northeast from Ireland, Italy, Poland, and other regions of Europe used Yankees to refer to English settlers in New England.

Outside the United States, Yank is used informally to refer to a person or thing from the US. It has been especially popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand where it may be used variously, either with an uncomplimentary overtone, endearingly, or cordially. In the Southern United States, Yankee is a derisive term which refers to all Northerners, and during the American Civil War it was applied by Confederates to soldiers of the Union army in general. Elsewhere in the United States, it largely refers to people from the Northeast or with New England cultural ties, such as descendants of colonial New England settlers, wherever they live. Its sense is sometimes more cultural than geographical, emphasizing the Calvinist Puritan Christian beliefs and traditions of the Congregationalists who brought their culture when they settled outside New England. The speech dialect of Eastern New England English is called "Yankee" or "Yankee dialect".

Stephen Puleo writes about History, Boston (Mass.), United States, Social conditions, Politics and government, and Massachusetts. Their best-known work is A city so grand: the rise of an American metropolis, Boston, 1850-1900.

On FindMyTBR we track 3 books by Stephen Puleo, 3 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including American Treasures : The Secret Efforts to Save the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Gettysburg Address, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, and Voyage of Mercy. Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.