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A little-known story of mutiny and murder illustrating the centrality of smuggling and slavery in early American societyOn the night of June 1, 1743, terror struck the schooner Rising Sun. After completing a routine smuggling voyage where the crew sold enslaved Africans in exchange for chocolate, sugar, and coffee in the Dutch colony of Suriname, the ship traveled eastward along the South American coast. Believing there was an opportunity to steal the lucrative cargo and make a new life for themselves, three sailors snuck below deck, murdered four people, and seized control of the vessel.Mutiny on the Rising Sun recounts the origins, events, and eventual fate of the Rising Sun¿s final smuggling voyage in vivid detail. Starting from that horrible night in June 1743, it narrates a deeply human history of smuggling, providing an incredible story of those caught in the webs spun by illicit commerce. The case generated a rich documentary record that illuminates an international chocolate smuggling ring, the lives of the crew and mutineers, and the harrowing experience of the enslaved people trafficked by the Rising Sun. Smuggling stood at the center of the lives of everyone involved with the business of the schooner. Larger forces, such as imperial trade restrictions, created the conditions for smuggling, but individual actors, often driven by raw ambition and with little regard for the consequences of their actions, designed, refined, and perpetuated this illicit commerce. At once startling and captivating, Mutiny on the Rising Sun shows how illegal trade created demand for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were integral to the development of American capitalism.

Boston has a long history with distilled spirits, from Colonial times through Prohibition. More recently, there has been a resurgence in the craft distilling industry from Cape Ann to Cape Cod. Regional standouts such as Boston Harbor Distillery, Bully Boy Distillers and Short Path Distillery have opened up a new era, with more than a dozen new businesses now on the scene. The ingredients, production processes and marketing techniques are as varied as the beverages themselves. Join author Zack Lamothe as he reveals the backstory of the popular craft spirit movement in the greater Boston area.

During World War I and World War II, Rhode Island was dotted with coastal forts filled with large caliber guns. Yet they were never fired in anger. By contrast, from 1929 to 1933, during Prohibition, U.S. Coast Guard vessels frequently fired machine guns at rumrunners in Narragansett Bay. Machine gun fire killed three rumrunners and wounded another on the notorious Black Duck. Despite the incident drawing national protests, the carnage continued. The Coast Guard fired machine guns at dozens more rumrunners in Rhode Island waters, killing another man, severely wounding two others, and causing several boats to explode or sink. Join author and historian Christian McBurney as he explores the use of excessive force in Narragansett Bay and other Rhode Island waters.

Connecticut has a long history of producing outstanding sports teams and athletes. Two of the greatest teams to come out of the state are the legendary Brakettes and Falcons women's fast-pitch softball teams. In their seventy-six-year history, the Brakettes are considered the most successful and longest-running organized women's sports franchise of all time. With forty national championships, three world championships and eleven Olympians, their dynasty remains synonymous with softball excellence. Likewise, the Connecticut Falcons were the most dominant team of the Women's Professional Softball League, winning the championship title all four years of the WPS existence. The most famous and iconic product of these two teams has been Waterbury's legendary Joan Joyce, who is considered by many experts to be the greatest female athlete in sports history. Join author Tony Renzoni as he interviews former players and highlights the accomplishments of these two renowned teams and their legendary athletes.

This book offers a detailed and highly readable account of the Salem witchcraft affair of 1692. Its publication coincides with the tercentenary observance of the events that form one of the grimmest chapters in colonial American history. The book has three parts. Part One, "Salem Witchcraft History," provides background information on the Puritan settlement of New England and documents the circumstances which led to the witch hunt of 1692. It identifies the conspirators who accused innocent people by working in collusion with the Puritan old guard authority. It then gives an account of the Andover phase of the witch hunt, with emphasis on the almost forgotten story of the fifty townspeople who were imprisoned for witchcraft in 1692. Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of John Hathorne, one of the most zealous of the Salem witch hunters. Part Two, "The House of the Seven Gables," briefly examines Hawthorne's treatment of the witchcraft events in which his ancestor had played such a central role. It reveals the historical identity of several characters in Hawthorne's novel, including the real-life counterpart of the fictional Matthew Maule, the executed wizard. Part Three, "Salem Witchcraft Genealogy," gives biographies of the accusers and the accused during the latter phase of the Salem witchcraft affair. Genealogical inter-connections are shown that help to explain why certain family groups were targeted for witchcraft accusation. Several hundred people are mentioned in the genealogies, involving many families of the time.

The last thing Gary Sheldon ever expected was to come face to face with his double. But today was the day his sister always dreaded, and their mother knew might eventually come. The sudden arrival of James Griffin sets in motion a series of relational upheavals for the Sheldon family - coinciding with a chain reaction of tumultuous events for Gary's teenage daughter, Erin.

Massachusetts Freshwater Fishes is a portable reference guide to 80 native species of freshwater fish that inhabit Massachusetts's lakes and rivers. The illustrated, waterproof 12-panel folding guide features a watershed map to which each species is keyed, and provides descriptions of anatomy and distinguishing features. Made in the USA.

"What would you do if you just found out the man you married was a professional assassin and you were at the top of his hit list?"

From the gritty streets of Boston, Massachusetts to the warm and secure blankets that wrap up his children at night, John Cole has provided us with a collection of stories and prose that capture the essence of everyday working-class life.From young adulthood to fatherhood, John Cole uses his own words to paint vivid emotional pictures of the blue-collar realism that exists for most of us during the earlier stages of the twenty-first century.The weight of his words and the significance of his stories are delicate and powerful, and readers will handle these stories with the care and gentle reserve they ask for.

In the chilling heart of Aspen, where icy winds whisper secrets and shadows dance with danger, Katie finds herself ensnared in a web of intrigue that transcends the cold exterior of the mountain town.Katie's life is always on the edge, working as the trusted assistant to Chicago's notorious mafia kingpin, Damien Santini. She thought she understood the depths of the darkness surrounding Damien. Little did she know, the true tempest was about to engulf her.When Damien's world collides with the glitz and glamour of a supermodel's desires high in the Colorado mountains, Katie finds herself caught in a whirlwind of passion, deception, and an unexpected love affair.Damien, known for his flings, commands Katie to retrieve a rare Guatemalan coffee for the supermodel who caught his attention on the ski slopes. Katie, bound by loyalty and fear, does her duty and takes the coffee to Damien's Aspen cabin only to be met with a thankless Damien. The supermodel has gone home.When an unexpected snowstorm traps Katie and Damien in the secluded mountain lodge, the boundaries between professionalism and passion blur. In the flickering firelight, secrets unravel, and desires smolder beneath the surface. As the storm rages outside, a different kind of storm brews within-a tempest of emotions that threatens to consume them both.As they navigate their tangled emotions, Katie's concern for her brother haunts her, but in a twist of fate, Katie stumbles upon Damien's seductive secrets.In the snow-swept isolation of Aspen, the line between right and wrong becomes obscured, and loyalty is tested. Will Katie succumb to the forbidden allure of Damien's world, or will she find the strength to resist the magnetic pull of a romance that threatens to consume them both?

The Love & Disaster Trilogy finishes with a second chance romance about betrayal, forgiveness, and the healing power of love.

"In the mid-1800s, Thoreau said Bangor stood on the banks of the Penobscot 'like a star on the edge of the night.' The city, he said, still hewed at the forest of which it was built and overflowed with the refinements of Europe. But by the 1970s, the Queen City was a different place, a declining city struggling to remember its faded glory, grappling with an uncertain future, and shaking from the devastating consequences of urban renewal."--Back cover.

A short history of Rhode Island, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of United States local history New England

Echoes of Now is a collection of 33 poems and 12 narratives from Kathleen Denizard, a poet living on the southcoast of Massachusetts. The poetry and narrative within Echoes of Now are born from moments of quiet introspection; Kathleen Denizard's observations on the subtle play of light and shadow in our everyday lives, the complexity of human emotion, and the simple, often overlooked moments that stitch our days together.

Death in early New England came early and often during those harsh first decades of settlement. Epidemics, hunger, accidents and childbirth contributed to a heavy toll in New England. Disease in some cases erased entire families, and almost always affected the majority of individuals in the communities. For most families, death was still a private affair. Traditions brought over with European customs and others that were strictly American were eventually interwoven, and these ceremonies, tokens and portraits of remembrance became part of these rites and rituals of mourning. Other forms of remembrance were carved into stone with heart-wrung epitaphs, the cause of death and brief biographies. Burial sites themselves evolved from family plots and church graveyards to public, garden-like cemeteries. Historian Robert A. Geake explores the development of rites and rituals of death in this New World.

How did a small, humble folk instrument become an American icon? How did the guitar come to represent freedom, the open road, protest and rebellion, the blues, youth, lost love, and sexuality? In this intensely personal memoir and informative history, National Public Radio commentator and essayist Tim Brookes recounts his quest to build the perfect guitar. Pairing up with a master artisan from the Green Mountains of Vermont, Brookes sees how a rare piece of cherry wood is hued, dovetailed, and worked on with saws, rasps, and files. As his prized instrument takes shape, Brookes also narrates the long and winding history of the guitar in the United States. Arriving with conquistadors and the colonists, the guitar has found itself in an extraordinary variety of hands: miners and society ladies, lumberjacks and presidents' wives. In time, the guitar became America's vehicle of self-expression, its modern soundtrack. "Guitar" is a rare glimpse of one man's search for music. It is sure to resonate with musicians and non-musicians alike.

It was just the 1948 Thanksgiving Parade on Burlington, Vermont's Church Street until one of the kids from the Children's Home dropped out of sight. The tangled search for the child leads Roman Catholic priest, Thomas Ladue and Fort Ethan Allen's Captain John Courtney through a shadowy trail of a maple sugar farm, children's institutions, ancient battlegrounds, and more.Born and raised in the Green Mountain state, L. E. Fleury weaves fictional personalities and historical Chittenden County locations into page-turning, plot-twisting whodunnit scenarios. This Junctions Murder Mystery Series will sweep the reader through a saga of featured characters as they journey through the culture of the late 1940s and '50s, played out against the beautiful rolling hills of Vermont.The Junctions Murder Mystery Series consists of five (so far) books, each chock-full of surprising twists, ending with a message of hope. Characters range from innocent to evil, with just some good old folk that "smoke, drink and spit in the sink" in between. The book word counts range anywhere from 90K-165K.