Philbrick, Nathaniel. Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution.

New York: Viking, 2013. In it, Philbrick writes, “Boston had always been a town on tiptoe. Just a square mile in area, with a mere sliver of land connecting it to the mainland to the south, this tadpole-shaped island was dominated by three, towering, lightly settled hills and a forest of steeples.”