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New England Myths and Legends: The True Stories behind History's Mysteries (Myths and Mysteries Series)
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About New England Myths And Legends: The True Stories
Product Description New England Myths and Legends explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. From vampires to an angel, a ghost rapper to a phantom ship, New England Myths and Legends pulls back the curtain on some of the region’s most fascinating and compelling stories. From the Back Cover Fifteen Mind-Boggling Tales from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island From phantom ship sightings to the elusive origin of Maine’s official state cat, New England Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the region’s most fascinating and compelling stories. Since its first recorded discovery in the 1600s, a 40-ton rock covered with enigmatic etchings has confounded scientists and historians. What do the strange symbols mean? Were the carvings created thousands of years ago by Phoenician explorers? Or is it a Native American record of a fifteenth-century visit from Chinese explorers? What do the symbols mean? As deadly outbreaks of tuberculosis and other highly contagious diseases devastated families in the eighteenth century, one so-called “doctor” recommended exhuming the dead to save the living. Did this misguided, grisly practice have some sort of placebo effect? And how many survivors were desperate enough to consume the remains of their loves ones? After three years at sea, Captain William Kidd found himself in the unenviable position of having tremendous wealth but being unable to return to his family without risking his life. Before turning himself into the authorities to face piracy charges, had he entrusted his fortune to a friend to bury it on Long Island? Or does his ghost continue to haunt Block Island in Connecticut because that’s where the treasure really is buried? Diana Ross McCain has been writing about Connecticut’s past for more than thirty-five years, and is the author of five other books. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history, and was on the staff of the Connecticut Historical Society for twenty-five years. She lives in Durham, Connecticut. About the Author Independent historian Diana Ross McCain has been writing about Connecticut’s past for more than thirty-five years. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history, and was on the staff of the Connecticut Historical Society for twenty-five years She is the author of the non-fiction books To All on Equal Terms: The Life and Legacy of Prudence Crandall, the award-winning biography of Connecticut’s official state heroine; It Happened in Connecticut; and Connecticut Coast: A Town-by-Town Illustrated History, and of the historical novel Thy Children’s Children, based on the true story of five generations of a New England grassroots dynasty. She lives in Durham, Connecticut.
