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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The Haunted Pram and other True New England Ghost Stories by Edward Lodi

The haunted pram: And other true New England ghost stories by Edward Lodi
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

It's a mixture of ghost stories either written by the author or excerpts from other ghost stories. The book lacked flow and was hard to keep interest. It seemed to be a mixture of real New England ghost lore or fictionalized stories which made the book hard to follow. I wished it had chosen one way or the other. I was kind of disappointed by this approach. I'd only recommend for hardcore New England paranormal fans which may get something out of this.

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The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw

The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain's Journey by Linda Greenlaw
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is an interesting look at the day in the life of swordfishing. The author, Captain Linda Greenlaw was one of the most successful sea captains to sail out of the famous Gloucester, Massachusetts. She was also featured in the movie and book "The Perfect Storm". If you'd like an idea what is considered one of the worlds hardest jobs this will give a good glimpse. For those that love the sea will probably enjoy this one as well. It'd easy to read and has many interesting stories about life on a fishing vessel.

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Haunted Massachusetts by Thomas D'Agostino

Haunted Massachusetts by Thomas D'Agostino
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An interesting look at the paranormal activities of Massachusetts. It also has some history mixed too although. Kind of poorly edited and fact checked(the well known Benjamin Church was a Captain not a General in the King Phillip War. It even said Captain in related picture which was humorous.). Even a few spelling mistakes I noticed. It's an easy reading book otherwise but does seem to speculate and dramatize in an almost amateurish way. It's also a good local guide if you'd like to go exploring these places during the Halloween season.

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A visit to Edward Rowe Snow and Marshfield Hills

I had a chance recently to seek out the resting place of a New England legend, Edward Rowe Snow. For those that don't Edward Rowe Snow an author, historian and storyteller who focused a lot on New England's rich maritime history. He was born in Winthrop Massachusetts in 1902 and was buried in Marshfield, Massachusetts in 1982. In between he wrote many books, had a column in the Patriot Ledger and even had his own radio show for a time. He also was "Flying Santa" for many years who would drop off packages at Christmas time to many lighthouse keepers and their families along the New England coastline. 

A quick Google search told me he was resting at the Marshfield Hills Cemetery located on Old Main Street in Marshfield, Massachusetts. I believe this cemetery was established circa 1729. It is adjacent to the North Community Church.

I took an initial drive through to see if I could find my main objective which was Snow's grave stone. It does have some road ways through it which you can drive around. It's not a very large cemetery. It has a mixture of colonial period grave stones to even a few from recent years.When I had no luck I set out to look on foot.

Started at one end  of the cemetery and found some interesting stuff along the way. Snow's resting place was on the opposite side of where I started. It's kind of set back a few rows almost hidden by another grave's hedges that have grown over. It was a modest setting for a man who lived his life large in comparison.

Vineyard Lightship

On this night in 1944 a powerful hurricane hit southern New England. It proved to be a fateful night for the Vineyard Lightship standing guard before Buzzards Bay and Nantucket Sound. Residents of Cuttyhunk reported seeing flares offshore that night. News of the tragedy was slow to be reported dew to wartime news restrictions. The ship was later found in 80 feet of water with no survivors. All twelve aboard(5 others were on leave that night) were lost that night.The ships bell was later recovered and is now on display in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

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