Logs of the Dead Pirates Society: A Schooner Adventure Around Buzzards Bay

by Randall Peffer

Overview

This tale of exploration and adventure is a warm account of the people and places around the waters of Southern Massachusetts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781574090956
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/15/2000
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction
I	Outward Bound	5
II	Cuttyhunk	11
III	Penikese to the Westport River	25
IV	Westport	31
V	Quicks Hole	38
VI	Pasque	41
VII	Robinsons Hole	45
VIII	Padanaram Harbor	47
IX	Easting Down	57
X	Hadley Harbor	61
XI	Naushon	66
XII	Woods Hole	74
XIII	Hideaway Cove	83
XIV	New Bedford Bound	97
XV	Heading Out	119
XVI	Mattaposiett	125
XVII	Stick Fishing	139
XVIII	Sippican Harbor	152
XIX	Offshore	158
XX	Marion	170
XXI	Quissett	187
XXII	Pocasset	194
XXIII	Wareham	206
XXIV	Onset Bay	215
XXV	Castaway Island	220
	Epilogue: The Storm	233

Editorial Reviews

Logs of the Dead Pirates Society: A Schooner Adventure Around Buzzards Bay is an absorbing account of a routine cruise on Buzzards Bay that became a rite of passage and a deeply personal quest for Captain Randall Peffer. He ruminates on the bay's history, and presents unusually keen and articulate insights on the bay's islands, coves, towns and townspeople. Part travelogue, part biography, part regional history, Logs of the Dead Pirates Society is the memorable, engaging, highly recommended account of the schooner SARAH ABBOT, her crew of high school students studying marine biology, and Captain Randall S. Peffer.

Midwest Book Review

Whether you're a first-time visitor to Buzzards Bay or a veteran cruiser of the area, Peffer's log is both a history book and a cruising guide to the region. Three 11-day cruises with six high-school students take the reader from harbor to harbor with all the excitement of the locale's colorful history.

Cruising World

Whether you're a first-time visitor to Buzzards Bay or a veteran cruiser of the area, Peffer's log is both a history book and a cruising guide to the region. Three 11-day cruises with six high-school students take the reader from harbor to harbor with all the excitement of the locale's colorful history.

Latitudes & Attitudes

Whether you're a first-time visitor to Buzzards Bay or a veteran cruiser of the area, Peffer's log is both a history book and a cruising guide to the region. Three 11-day cruises with six high-school students take the reader from harbor to harbor with all the excitement of the locale's colorful history.

nnn Cruising World

Peffer (licensed captain and literature instructor at Philips Academy) presents an autobiographical account of a routine cruise that became a rite of passage and a deeply personal quest. The story is set on a summer voyage of the , a research schooner crewed by high school students studying marine biology and the history of Buzzards Bay. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Buzzards Bay is a pocket of salt water on the southern Massachusetts coast line. Logs Of The Dead Pirates Society: A Schooner Adventure Around Buzzards Bay is an absorbing account of a routine cruise on Buzzards Bay that became a rite of passage and a deeply personal quest for Captain Randall Peffer. He ruminates on the bay's history, and presents unusually keen and articulate insights on the bay's islands, coves, towns and townspeople. Part travelog, part biography, part regional history, Logs Of The Dead Pirates Society is the memorable, engaging, highly recommended account of the schooner Sarah Abbot, her crew of high school students studying marine biology, and Captain Randall S. Peffer.

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