Legends, Lore and Secrets of New England

Thomas D'Agostino, Arlene Nicholson

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781626196391
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614239796
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

New England's history is marked with witch executions, curses and an untold number of cemeteries hiding mysteries beneath their stones. In this sometimes harsh landscape, the truth is often stranger than fiction. Examine the footprints burned into the ledge of Devil's Foot Rock in Rhode Island. Spend a night at the Kennebunk Inn in Maine, where the mischievous specter of Silas Perkins still resides. Traverse an old dirt road near Sterling, Connecticut, where the Darn Man's frozen body was uncovered in 1863. Authors Thomas D'Agostino and Arlene Nicholson uncover the history behind the region's best-kept secrets and lore. As you flip through these pages of New England's legends, tread lightly--you just might find a story that will follow you home.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Lucy Keyes: The Lost Child of Wachusett
• Which Rock Is Witch Rock?
• William Blackstone
• Phineas G. Wright
• The Darn Man’s Eternal Circuit
• The Indian Ghost of Hannah Frank
• What Is a Yankee Doodle?
• New England’s First Witch Execution
• The Curse of Micah Rood’s Apples
• The Legend of the Kennebunk Inn
• A Cemetery with No Bodies?
• The Saco River’s Undying Curse
• New England’s Only Stigmatist
• The Magic of the Eddys
• The Devil in New England
• What Does Webster Lake’s Real Name Mean?
• Ramtail: The Untold Story
• Rebecca Cornell’s “Unhappie Accident of Fire”
• The Unfortunate Hannah Robinson
• The East Thompson Stone Chamber
• Two Taverns in One
• The First Airplane Stolen in Vermont
• Portsmouth’s Strange Discovery
• Bailey’s Mills/Spite Cemetery
• Lovecraft and New England
• The Capture of Annawon
• Bibliography
• About the Authors