Remembering New York's North Country: Tales of Times Gone By
With vast wilderness, rugged terrain and extreme temperatures, New York's North Country is not for the faint of heart. In Remembering New York's North Country, local columnist Dave Shampine celebrates the enduring strength, heroism and intrepidness of the souls who have called this territory home. With over thirty years of writing for the Watertown Daily Times, Shampine expertly weaves historical facts and tales of the human condition. This collection of his best columns- including the story of a Titanic survivor, a dentist who gave his life rescuing others from a fiery inferno and the mysterious case of a John Doe found hanging in a tree- is sure to rivet visitors and longtime residents alike.
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Remembering New York's North Country: Tales of Times Gone By
With vast wilderness, rugged terrain and extreme temperatures, New York's North Country is not for the faint of heart. In Remembering New York's North Country, local columnist Dave Shampine celebrates the enduring strength, heroism and intrepidness of the souls who have called this territory home. With over thirty years of writing for the Watertown Daily Times, Shampine expertly weaves historical facts and tales of the human condition. This collection of his best columns- including the story of a Titanic survivor, a dentist who gave his life rescuing others from a fiery inferno and the mysterious case of a John Doe found hanging in a tree- is sure to rivet visitors and longtime residents alike.
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Remembering New York's North Country: Tales of Times Gone By

Remembering New York's North Country: Tales of Times Gone By

by Dave Shampine
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Remembering New York's North Country: Tales of Times Gone By

Remembering New York's North Country: Tales of Times Gone By

by Dave Shampine

Overview

With vast wilderness, rugged terrain and extreme temperatures, New York's North Country is not for the faint of heart. In Remembering New York's North Country, local columnist Dave Shampine celebrates the enduring strength, heroism and intrepidness of the souls who have called this territory home. With over thirty years of writing for the Watertown Daily Times, Shampine expertly weaves historical facts and tales of the human condition. This collection of his best columns- including the story of a Titanic survivor, a dentist who gave his life rescuing others from a fiery inferno and the mysterious case of a John Doe found hanging in a tree- is sure to rivet visitors and longtime residents alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781596297906
Publisher: History Press, The
Publication date: 07/17/2009
Series: American Chronicles Series
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

As Dave Shampine completes his forty-first year as crime reporter and history writer with the Watertown Daily Times in Northern New York, he provides his fourth offering to The History Press in this collection of Civil War stories. He made his debut with The History Press in 2009 with Remembering New York's North Country: Tales from Times Gone By and then followed in 2010 with two publications: Colorful Characters of Northern New York: Northern Lights and the work to which he was dedicated for more than a decade, The North Country Murder of Irene Izak: Stained by Her Blood. A native of Carthage, New York, and a lifetime resident of Jefferson County, New York, Mr. Shampine takes pride in his education at Carthage Augustinian Academy, Jefferson Community College, where in 2007 he was honored with a professional achievement award, Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire and the State University of New York College at Brockport. He has also been a contributor to the Jefferson County Historical Society's Bulletin and to Inland Seas, the quarterly journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society, Vermillion, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Foreword Bob Gorman 7

Acknowledgements 9

Missing Pieces of a Puzzle 11

A Northern New York Woman Survived the Titanic 21

In the End, a Hero 29

Heroes and Villains 37

Prescription for Success 49

The Daring Rescue of a Minister's Imprisoned Wife 59

An Affair to Remember 65

Trust and Betrayal: The Carthage Bank Scandal 73

A Financial Fortress: Bank Withstood the Panic of 1893 83

A Civil War Father and Son Killed by the Same Shell 91

A Civil War Hero Missed His Chance to Change History 101

Post on the Plains 107

Heartache on the Homefront 115

A Yard of Death 125

A Deadly Year: 1918 135

The Court Street Bridge Catastrophe 143

The Smiling Cop 149

About the Author 159

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