Bibliograph

Legends and lore of the North Shore, Peter Muise

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Legends and lore of the North Shore, Peter Muise

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Legends and lore of the North Shore

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

876350213

Responsibility statement

Peter Muise

Summary

"A collection of stories on local legends and folklore from the North Shore of Massachusetts"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

NATIVE AMERICAN LORE AND MAGIC -- Manitous and Spirits -- Passaconaway -- Weetamoo and Winnepurkit -- WITCHES AND WIZARDS OF THE NORTH SHORE -- Witchcraft Beliefs -- Elizabeth Morse and Caleb Powell : Witchcraft in Old Newbury -- The Salem Witch Trials : The Witch-Hunt Begins -- The Salem Witch Trials : Spectral Evidence and Nineteen Executions -- The Salem Witch Trials : "More Weight" -- Salem Witchcraft in the Nineteenth Century -- Peg Wesson, the Witch of Gloucester -- The Good Witches of the North Shore -- PIRATES AND BURIED TREASURE -- John Quelch the Accidental Pirate -- John Phillips, the Pirate Who Was Pickled -- Fanny Campbell Saves the Day -- Buried Treasure in Byfield? -- Harry Main and the Treasure Cats -- The Treasure of Pine Point -- Thomas Veal and the Treasure of Pirate's Glen -- STRANGE PLACES AND WEIRD LOCATIONS -- Dungeon Rock -- Devilish Places -- Witch Rock -- Beverly's Witches Woods -- Danvers State Hospital Cemetery -- Dogtown Common -- THREE NORTH SHORE ECCENTRICS -- Lord Timothy Dexter -- John Murray Spear and the New Motive Power -- John Hammond, the Master of the Castle -- SCALY MONSTERS, HAIRY MONSTERS AND SPECTERS -- The Gloucester Mermaid -- The Deep Ones : Fact or Fiction? -- The North Shore Sea Serpent -- The Dogtown Werewolf -- Bigfoot on Plum Island -- The Gloucester Specters

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