Ghost Ships Of New England
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Ghost Ships Of New England
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Author : Christopher Rondina
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Ghost Ships Of New England written by Christopher Rondina and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Folklore categories.
A ghostly schooner glides through the mist off the coast of Maine. A Connecticut lighthouse keeper continues to guide ships to safe harbor nearly a century after his death. Pirate ghosts wander the Rhode Island shoreline in search of salvation. These are only a few of the strange but true stories of New England's phantom ships and the spectral seafarers who haunt the shadowy cliffs and moonlit coves of the Northeast. Tales of ghost ships, haunted lighthouses, and other nautical nightmares are a deeply rooted aspect of traditional Yankee folklore. Some of these legends can be traced to genuine shipwrecks and historical events, while others remain a mystery, shrouded in rumor and lore. However, one fact is undeniable: these terrifying phantoms have been witnessed by countless people over the centuries, from common sailors and fishermen to celebrated scholars and heads of state.
The Palatine Wreck
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Author : Jill Farinelli
language : en
Publisher: University Press of New England
Release Date : 2017-09-05
The Palatine Wreck written by Jill Farinelli and has been published by University Press of New England this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with History categories.
Two days after Christmas in 1738, a British merchant ship traveling from Rotterdam to Philadelphia grounded in a blizzard on the northern tip of Block Island, twelve miles off the Rhode Island coast. The ship carried emigrants from the Palatinate and its neighboring territories in what is now southwest Germany. The 105 passengers and crew on board-sick, frozen, and starving-were all that remained of the 340 men, women, and children who had left their homeland the previous spring. They now found themselves castaways, on the verge of death, and at the mercy of a community of strangers whose language they did not speak. Shortly after the wreck, rumors began to circulate that the passengers had been mistreated by the ship's crew and by some of the islanders. The stories persisted, transforming over time as stories do and, in less than a hundred years, two terrifying versions of the event had emerged. In one account, the crew murdered the captain, extorted money from the passengers by prolonging the voyage and withholding food, then abandoned ship. In the other, the islanders lured the ship ashore with a false signal light, then murdered and robbed all on board. Some claimed the ship was set ablaze to hide evidence of these crimes, their stories fueled by reports of a fiery ghost ship first seen drifting in Block Island Sound on the one-year anniversary of the wreck. These tales became known as the legend of the Palatine, the name given to the ship in later years, when its original name had been long forgotten. The flaming apparition was nicknamed the Palatine Light. The eerie phenomenon has been witnessed by hundreds of people over the centuries, and numerous scientific theories have been offered as to its origin. Its continued reappearances, along with the attention of some of nineteenth-century America's most notable writers-among them Richard Henry Dana Sr., John Greenleaf Whittier, Edward Everett Hale, and Thomas Wentworth Higginson-has helped keep the legend alive. This despite evidence that the vessel, whose actual name was the Princess Augusta, was never abandoned, lured ashore, or destroyed by fire. So how did the rumors begin? What really happened to the Princess Augusta and the passengers she carried on her final, fatal voyage? Through years of painstaking research, Jill Farinelli reconstructs the origins of one of New England's most chilling maritime mysteries.
Ghost Ships Along The New England Coast
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Author : Joan Grunert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
Ghost Ships Along The New England Coast written by Joan Grunert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Folklore categories.
Folklore paper, including poems and songs.
Pirate Ghosts And Phantom Ships
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Author : Thomas D'Agostino
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Release Date : 2007-11
Pirate Ghosts And Phantom Ships written by Thomas D'Agostino and has been published by Schiffer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Ghosts of pirates, centuries dead, still roam New Englands coast and the towns they terrorized in life. Great ships rise from the bottom of the sea eternally searching for home shores. Read the stories of Captain Kid, Blackbeard, Anne Bonney, Black Bellamy, and other burley buccaneers who haunt the land and seas looking for lost treasures and fortunes plundered in lust \nLearn about Goat Island, where wraiths of hanged pirates rise up, seeking vengeance for their untimely deaths. You can almost hear the oars of the phantom dory that patrols the Isles of Shoals in search of its next victim. Tales present ghostly ladies who mourn the passing of some of the most ruthless characters history can name. \nHere you can sail with pirates on thirty-eight eerie adventures you will never forget.
Vampires Of New England
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Author : Christopher Rondina
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Vampires Of New England written by Christopher Rondina and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Vampires categories.
These are not fictional tales, but expert investigations of real people who were thought by their neighbors and others to be vampires--often with good reason. Providing background on Vlad the Impaler (the original Dracula) and other European members of this unholy clan, this book is based on extensive on-site research in Romania and environs. Also included is a survey of movie and TV treatments of vampires, as well as discussions of what habits and diseases might cause a person to be thought to be an evil immortal--and some of the rituals humans have undertaken to rid themselves of these creatures.
Haunted Ships Of The North Atlantic
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Author : Robert Ellis Cahill
language : en
Publisher: Old Saltbox
Release Date : 1997
Haunted Ships Of The North Atlantic written by Robert Ellis Cahill and has been published by Old Saltbox this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Haunted places categories.
"Tales of terror, filled with intrigue and suspense, and all true. Perhaps the vessels mentioned here are not haunted, but merely victims of unusual circumstance or coincidence."
Haunted Ships
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Author : Tammy Gagne
language : en
Publisher: Ghosts and Hauntings
Release Date : 2019-01-24
Haunted Ships written by Tammy Gagne and has been published by Ghosts and Hauntings this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-24 with categories.
Lost Maine Coastal Schooners
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Author : Ingrid Grenon
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2010-04-23
Lost Maine Coastal Schooners written by Ingrid Grenon and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-23 with History categories.
Dramatic true stories of New England maritime history, with photos. Large, wooden-hulled schooners graced the seas of coastal Maine for more than a century as vessels of trade and commerce. With the advent of steam-powered craft, however, these elegant four-, five-, or six-masted wooden ships became obsolete and vanished from the harbors and horizons. The Edward Lawrence, the last of the six-masters, became her own funeral pyre in Portland Harbor, burning to ash before everyone’s eyes. The Carroll A. Deering washed ashore with no trace of her crew, empty as a ghost ship except for three cats and a pot of pea soup still cooking on the stove. In this testament to the beauty of the Maine coastal region, maritime history enthusiast Ingrid Grenon tells the story of these magnificent relics of the bygone Age of Sail and celebrates the people who devoted their lives to the sea.
Storms And Shipwrecks Of New England
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Author : Edward Rowe Snow
language : en
Publisher: Applewood Books
Release Date : 2005-08-15
Storms And Shipwrecks Of New England written by Edward Rowe Snow and has been published by Applewood Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-15 with Transportation categories.
A classic by Edward Rowe Snow, first published in 1943 and updated in 1944 and again in 1946, Storms and Shipwrecks of New England relates what William P. Quinn calls ""stories of stormy adventure."" Jeremy D'Entremont has provided annotations to Snow's chapters, covering the pirate ship Whidah, the wreck of the City of Columbus, the Portland Gale, the 1938 hurricane, and more, bringing the information about the storms and shipwrecks up to date.
Shipwrecks Of New England
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Author : J. North Conway
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000-04-01
Shipwrecks Of New England written by J. North Conway and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-04-01 with categories.
