age ~65
from New Haven, CT
On February 18, 1952, four Coast Guardsmen set out from Station Chatham in a thirty-six-foot motor lifeboat to locate the mortally wounded T2 tanker Pendleton and rescue its crew during a Nor'easter. All four men knew the odds of finding the Pendleton and surviving the storm were slim. Whether by a ...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo, John Galluzzo, W. Russell Webster
Binding
Paperback
Pages
126
Publisher
History Press
ISBN #
1596292482
EAN Code
9781596292482
ISBN #
10
On a crisp September evening in 1899, a seventeen-year-old petty thief named Edwin Ray Snow shot and killed a bakery deliveryman named Jimmy Whittemore outside Yarmouth. The gunshots rang out for only a moment, but the effects resounded on Cape Cod for half a century. The idyllic atmosphere of turn-...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo
Binding
Paperback
Pages
112
Publisher
The History Press
ISBN #
159629227X
EAN Code
9781596292277
ISBN #
9
For hundreds of years, before English settlers permanently colonized what is now Cape Cod, bears and wolves were the top predators on this peninsula of Massachusetts. The Cape actually became an island when the Bourne and Sagamore Bridges were completed. This book details the history of wildlife on ...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo
Binding
Paperback
Pages
144
Publisher
The History Press
ISBN #
1609492250
EAN Code
9781609492250
ISBN #
8
It's hard to imagine the abundant environment that faced the first Europeans when they arrived on Cape Cod, but the New World was ripe with flora and fauna. Ages before, the melting glaciers had left behind moraines--huge piles of sand and gravel that had been pushed up in front of them. Some of the...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo
Binding
Kindle Edition
Pages
144
Publisher
The History Press
ISBN #
7
An ancient fishing ground, vital shipping passage and final resting place for those unable to navigate its rocky shoals, Nantucket Sound--bordered by Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and, of course, Nantucket--remains one of New England's most historic waterways. Here, the first rays of morning sunlight ...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo
Binding
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
The History Press
ISBN #
1596296879
EAN Code
9781596296879
ISBN #
6
Some of America's earliest settlers established permanent towns on Cape Cod. These communities and their residents created the quintessential Yankee spirit and the notoriously flinty character of Cape Cod. In True Accounts of Yankee Ingenuity and Grit, learn how people truly lived in the early years...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo
Binding
Paperback
Pages
160
Publisher
The History Press
ISBN #
1596292237
EAN Code
9781596292239
ISBN #
5
European explorers were captivated by the seemingly endless bounty of natural resources on Cape Cod Bay. One Englishman declared that the codfish were so thick one could walk on their backs. Early settlers quickly learned how to harness the bay's resources and excelled at shore whaling, shipping and...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Publisher
The History Press
ISBN #
1596295023
EAN Code
9781596295025
ISBN #
4
The salty waves and sandy beaches of Cape Cod disguise its fascinating and nearly forgotten history. From Provincetown to Falmouth, the Capes fifteen towns offer a plethora of hidden and enchanting tales. Learn why one of the most famous rescues in Coast Guard history spent nearly fifty years in the...
Author
Theresa Mitchell Barbo
Binding
Paperback
Pages
144
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
ISBN #
1626197105
EAN Code
9781626197107
ISBN #
3