Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 5
Introduction 7
1724: The House that Jumped 11
1773: A Tale of Two Thomases 15
1811: The First Keeper of Scituate Lighthouse 19
1813: Chesapeake vs. Shannon 23
1815: The Untrue Life of Lucy Brewer 27
1843: Up the Missouri with John James Audubon 29
1851: "Won't Stand Over To-Nite" 33
1851: Thoreau on the South Shore 37
1853: Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent 41
1854: Henry Stellwagen's Bank 45
1860: 1-4-3 51
1860: The War Governor 55
1862: Fletcher Webster Pays the Price 59
1863: The South Shore at Gettysburg 63
1872: For Massachusetts's Citizen Soldiers 67
1883: These Walls Can Talk 71
1884: A.W. Perry 75
1887: Henry Turner Bailey 79
1892: A Bridge at Powder Point 83
1893: Mr. Bradley's Horses 87
1897: Hull vs. Hingham 91
1900: Copper King 95
1904: Wildflowers of Plymouth and Vicinity 99
1906: A Ballgame on Peddocks 103
1909: "Good-by, Dear Heart, Good-by" 105
1909: For People Who Like to "Do Things" 109
1909: War Games 113
1909: Boss 117
1909: A Season of Storms 121
1910: To the Air 125
1911: Heat Wave 129
1912: The Demise of the Thinking Machine 133
1912: First Pitch at Fenway 137
1913: Thanks to All the Dogs 141
1925: Silent Cal Returns 145
1926: Red, Red Robin 149
1927: Queen of the Air 153
1928: Powerless 157
1929: Hank Gowdy Touches Them All 161
1937: Cookies 165
1941: Fire at Ocean Bluff 169
1957: Mayflower II 171
About the Author 175