Adventures,Blizzards and Coastal Calamities by Edward Rowe Snow

Adventures, Blizzards, and Coastal Calamities by Edward Rowe Snow
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Another fine bunch of short stories and events by Edward Rowe Snow. Many are are based around New England Maritime history. Some of the adventures are actually his(author Edward Rowe Snow) own which was actually amazing itself. a couple examples are walking around an almost completely frozen Boston Harbor and another of him canoeing by by himself across Cape Cod Bay(Provincetown to Marshfield). He not only wrote of adventures, he lived them.

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Edward Rowe Snow Born This Day

Edward Rowe Snow was born today in 1902 in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He was a teacher, historian,Flying Santa and prolific author of over 40 books and many more publications. He was a chronicler of New England maritime history. A graduate of both Boston University and Harvard. He served as 1st Lt. in World War 2 in the XII Bomber Command. After the war he had his own youth orientated radio show and was a columnist for the Patriot Ledger newspaper. He also was a part of the "Flying Santa" which would fly around to New England lighthouses and drop off packages for the keepers at Christmas time. He passed away April 10,1982 in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

Shipwrecks around Cape Cod (Illustrated) by William P. Quinn

Shipwrecks Around Cape Cod by William P. Quinn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

A fascinating look at shipwrecks that occurred on and around Cape Cod, Massachusetts up until about 1973. Anyone interested in the maritime mishaps and tragedies along the Cape Cod shoreline this book would be an excellent addition to their collection. Even the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower thought better than trying go around Cape Cod so eventually settled in Plymouth. The advent of the Cape Cod Canal and other technological advances have slowed down the events. Enjoyable for the casual reader or serious researcher. Photograph's are either from author's personal collection or from other sources. Sadly I recently found out that Quinn recently passed away this past year and was a local legend in Cape Cod. Worth a look if your interested in Cape Cod maritime history.

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Storms and Shipwrecks of New England by Edward Rowe Snow

Storms and Shipwrecks of New England by Edward Rowe Snow
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I grew up reading my Grandfather's Edward Rowe Snow books and they are just as captivating as I remember them to be. Snow in a New England maritime legendary story teller. This collection concentrates on historic storms and shipwrecks that have come ashore the New England coast over the years up until about 1945 when this addition was first published. This edition released in 2003 has updates at the end of each chapter. These are local historical tales that you don't find in your history books. Tales like these remind you that not all battles are fought on land or against people but are also waged against nature. These are worth reading if your into New England maritime history.

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