Nesmith Library

Bootleggers, lobstermen & lumberjacks, fifty of the grittiest moments in the history of hardscrabble New England, Matthew P. Mayo

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

contains biographical information

index present

non fiction

Bootleggers, lobstermen & lumberjacks

bibliography

Matthew P. Mayo

fifty of the grittiest moments in the history of hardscrabble New England

The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating tales of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. This book takes the top fifty wildest episodes in the region's bygone days and presents them to the reader in one convenient, narrative driven package. Including incredible but true tales of hardy Yankee hill folk and crusty seafarers engaged in all manner of amazing activity, from witch hunting to log rolling, sometimes with tragic results, this book is a stroll through New England's past for resident and visitor alike. Yankee history is rife with all manner of shipwreck victims surviving any way they know how; Indian, pirate, and shark attacks, cougar and bear attacks, and, of course, rum runners and bootleggers doing what they do best

Pilgrim's progess -- Dungeon rock -- The Great Swamp fight -- The Candlemas massacre -- A crushing end -- A mother's anger -- Boon Island's curse -- Pirate treasure -- The brutality of Ned Low -- The meetinghouse tragedy -- Ann Story's cave -- Bunker hole -- The Knox cannon train -- A manly showing -- Revolutionary woman -- She-pirate -- Tough times, tough people -- The wild east -- The Black Snake affair -- The legend of Skinner's cave -- Runaway Pond -- "I800-and-froze-to-death" -- The worst mistake ever made -- Massachusetss Bay man-eater -- Vortex of doom -- Rebels in Vermont -- Aroostook lynch law -- THe Hartford disaster -- North Woods freeze-up -- The great white hurricane -- The last vampire -- And with an axe -- Lobstermen fisticuffs! -- North woods ice-out -- The Portland gale -- King of the river hogs -- The human shingle -- Malaga Island -- Logjam from hell -- Rocker ride -- The Boston molasses disaster -- Rum-running lobstermen -- Queen of the border rumrunners -- Kingdom death ride -- Black Duck's big night -- The sea fox -- Brady gang slain! -- Hurricane of the century -- Downeast Nazis -- Maine coast trap wars

Bootleggers, lobstermen and lumberjacks