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Legends and Lore of the North Shore
By Peter Muise
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For over three hundred years, stories of witches, sea serpents and pirates have amazed and terrified residents of Massachusetts's North Shore. In the summer of 1692, phantom men were spotted in the fields of Gloucester. Farther north, "A" marks the spot for pirate treasure in the marshes of Newbury, while to the east, full moons might bring out the werewolf of Dogtown. The devil himself has burned his mark on the boulder-strewn landscape, while shaggy humanoids have been sighted loping along the coast. From Boston to New Hampshire, Massachusetts's North Shore is filled with remarkable stories and legendary characters. Join author Peter Muise and discover the North Shore's uncanny legends and tales of the paranormal.
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Peter Muise
Peter Muise was born in Massachusetts and has lived his entire life in New England. He has degrees in anthropology from Bates College and Brandeis University. Local folklore has been his passion for almost twenty years, and he blogs about it weekly at newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com. From his home in Boston he makes frequent excursions to the North Shore in search of strange places and unusual stories.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5There is something different about the North Shore of Massachusetts, something indefinably, but recognizably wrong that has fused itself to the essence of the land. It would be easy to dismiss this as some sort of lingering miasma from the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, but as Peter Muise’s new book carefully points out, Native American traditions of spirits and supernatural shenanigans predate that witch hysteria. Not convinced that Cape Ann and the North Shore have more weirdness per square inch than any self-respecting region should? Let us examine Muise’s book.Salem Witches obviously are a feature, but Muise begins 50 years before that with the first witchcraft trials, then discusses Salem and the use of “spectral evidence,” and wraps up with the last witchcraft trial held in Salem, an 1878 case that, had it played through, could have derailed the Christian Science religious movement.Being an area that made its fortune in the clipper ship China trade, it should be no surprise that the area is filled with tales of pirates and lost buried treasure. Muise has carefully selected some particularly odd tales, ranging from a lady pirate to a pickled pirate.Although the entire book is a romp, Muise obviously had the most fun compiling the middle chapters; one is on weird locations associated with later legends of pirate caves, devil visitations, and that nice gentleman who had inspirational messages carved on rocks in the middle of nowhere; and another chapter is on local eccentrics, including the minister who tried to add the spark of life to a machine.Muise wraps up the book with a lovely selection of cryptozoological tidbits: mermaids, werewolves, sea serpents and specters. Throw in a little H.P. Lovecraft, and dash of Cotton Mather, and you have an amazing debut book. Being somewhat familiar with the area, I sincerely hope this is the first in a series on the North Shore. Trust me, there’s more where this came from. Mr. Muise—get writing!
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