Lands of Sippican: On Buzzards Bay

xvi, 368 pp. The author has combined the charm of a by-gone day as seen in an old Buzzard's Bay town, with accurate historical data on such interesting stories as that of the Mary Celeste, and on the local industries of that time, such as the old salt works, the building of whalers, etc., and a later picture of the numerous famous characters who lived in this old town during the last half century.