"Funny and fearful true stories of witches, innocent victims and their accusers in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. Curses that seemingly worked their magic and cures by healers that begot them the gallows. Emphasis is on Salem Village in 1692, where 20 accused of witchcraft were executed."

New England's Witches and Wizards (Collectible Classics)

History

Cahill, Robert

Americas

Old Saltbox

You've never met such wonderful nor wacky men as you'll be introduced to in this book. Mad Dog McGovern who was a coward, but during the last moments of his life became one of the greatest heroes who ever lived; Mike Martin, the greatest and most humorous highwayman of all time; Timothy Dexter, who insisted on watching his own funeral and struck his wife when she didn't cry - plus many more true stories of fascinating men, including Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan.

New England's Mad & Mysterious Men (New England's Collectible Classics)

Gold, silver and precious artifacts have been found off the New England coast, mostly due to the advent of scuba diving. The 1717 pirate ship Whydah has been uncovered off Cape Cod and much of her treasure has been salvaged; many Revolutionary War wrecks have been recently discovered on the sea floor off Rhode Island and Maine, and New Hampshire's Isle Of Shoals is reluctantly beginning to reveal her host of sunken treasures. Lost and found ships along the coast.

Finding New England's Shipwrecks and Treasures

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Did you know that Uncle Sam was at the Battle of Lexington and Concord? He was only 12 years old at the time. How about the most cursed ship of the American Navy that, upon her defeat, indirectly won the War Of 1812? Did you ever hear of the river that changed the course of American history; or how about Otis Merrithew, the real hero of World War I, who disappeared for 12 years after the war? These and many other unique war stories are revealed in this book.

New England's Little Known War Wonders

Chandler-Smith

"The first U.F.O. was seen at Boston in 1639, and Gloucester was attacked by visitors from outer space in 1692 -- both incidents are well documented -- and in the next century, the Colonials were plagued by the Flying Black Giant. Flying objects in the form of saucers, steam-irons and cigars were prominent in the 1800s and early 1900s. And of course, each New England state has had its fair share of recent sightings - many by law enforcement personnel. All are described mostly in first-person interviews - and the author spends a night with the famed Betty Hill at a secret U.F.O. airfield in New Hampshire."

New England's Visitors from Outer Space

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

Old Saltbox Pub Co

"Most of the servants who came to the New World with the Pilgrims and Puritans were Irish and Scots-Irish, yet their names were not recorded for posterity. The Irish snuck into Boston by the hundreds in the 1600s and by the thousands in the early 1700s. The famed Boston Massacre was really an Irish Massacre, since most who participated on both sides were Irish. The greatest American privateersman was Irish, and many of Washington's generals were Irish, as were a high percentage of his troops. If you're of Irish blood, this is the book for you!"

Old Irish of New England (Collectible Classics)

How did America with no Navy and no weapons defeat the greatest naval power in the world? This book tells you how, and also tells who the real heroes were in the Revolutionary War. George Washington started his own navy with Marblehead fishermen -- most of whom George didn't like at all -- and the first ship of the navy turned out to be a dud - the crew mutinied, the commander was fired, and the ship ended up on a sandbar.

New England's Naughty Navy (New England's Collectible Classics)

"An award-winning book about the travels and battles of the Vikings in North America, taken from ancient Norwegian writings. Evidence is presented on how and why the Vikings' ""Vinland"" was actually Cape Cod, and could not have been anywhere else. Indian histories also reveal Viking landings here, as do recently discovered artifacts. This book traces Vikings and Indians in battle up through King Philip's War."

New England's Viking and Indian Wars (New England's Collectible Classics)

"George Twelvetrees Hewes wasn't a midget, but he was close. After his funny exploits during the American Revolution, he wrote a journal, and the author uses this journal to weave his tantalizing true story of those great and little known characters who won our independence from England. People like Revere, John Adams and Hancock were not considered heroes by their co-patriots, whereas the eccentric Otis and the crafty Warren were the real leaders, their names are almost forgotten now. A real insight into the courage, humor and day-to-day lives of our revolutionaries."

New England's Riotous Revolution (New England's Collectible Classics)

"Most 17th and 18th century pirates came from New England and New York. They spent winters in the tropics pilaging and came north to rob in the summer months. Most of their treasures were buried here, closer to their homes, yet little has been uncovered. This book tells about the most notorious pirates who frequented the New England coast, including Kidd and Blackbeard, and describes treasure, thus far found mostly on the outer islands, and where unfound treasures might be uncovered."

New England's Pirates and Lost Treasures (New England's Collectible Classics)

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