"The Doryman rowed hundreds of miles in a blizzard until his hands froze off; a ship smashes against the rocky coast of Maine and the crew begins eating the cook; a captain ships a rock-hard cargo to the tropics where it begins to disappear and no one will touch it because it burns their skin - what is it? These and many more strange sea stories of fact, including Flotsam and Jetsam and an ongoing curse on submarines."

New England's Strange Sea Sagas

History

Robert Ellis Cahill

Americas

Old Saltbox Pub Co

"Our Pilgrim and Puritan forefathers could be brutal, and this book presents their many methods of torture and unusual laws, which all had to abide by. Chapters include: ""Drunk and Disorderly,"" ""Never On Sunday,"" and their wars with witches and Quakers. A description of dungeon tortures will send chills up your spine."

Horrors of Salem's Witch Dungeon: And Other New England Crimes and Punishment (Collectible Classics Series : No 9)

"This book presents hundreds of old Indian rituals and remedies, plus the unusual and sometimes practical cures of our Colonial quack doctors. Witches' recipes for healing and the miracle ingredients of Kickapoo Juice, a century-old cure-all for all ailments, will bring a tear to your eye and a lump in your throat."

Olde New England's Curious Customs and Cures

Chandler-Smith

"People were burned at the stake in New England, and whipping was a common punishment. Hangings were gala affairs where food and drink was served, and pelting a neighbor who sat in the stocks with rocks and filth from the street was a weekly form of recreation. There were strict rules and regulations for all 17th and 18th centruy Pilgrims and Puritans -- and to break a rule might mean death. Yet, children, women and anyone of a different religion were treated quite cruelly, whether they broke the rules or not. Almost every New England family owned at least one black (and sometimes one white) slave prior to the Revolution, and the slave's fate was at the whim of his or her master. This book reveals some old and well-kept secrets that will surprise you."

New England's Cruel and Unusual Punishme (New England's Collectible Classics)

Old Saltbox

With no correctional or law enforcement experience, Robert E. Cahill ran for and won the office of High Sheriff of Essex County, Massachusetts, becoming the first Democrat elected to the post in it’s over 300 year history. What Cahill discovered as he took office in 1974 was a county correctional system in such a state of neglect and abuse that it was in violation of almost every health and human-rights regulation on the books. 
This is a first-person true story of thieves, murders, fugitives, rioters, reckless youths, the criminally insane and the wayward sheriffs that were charged with taking care of them. It is about the miraculous progress of these destitute inmates and bumbling sheriffs in the bastilles of "Witch County" as they struggled from the dark ages into the Twentieth Century. In the process, the High Sheriff was also transformed from a staunch conservative to a devious liberal, battling many foes, including the public and press, to win equal rights for his inmates- a battle that almost killed him. This book is an eye-opener for Americans, exposing how we neglect and mistreat our downtrodden and dysfunctional fellow citizens.

The Wayward Sheriffs of Witch County: True Misadventures of Operating America's Oldest Jail and Courthouse

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Old Pine Tree Publishing House

"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 of the North Atlantic

Old Saltbox Publishing House

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