Delmarva Legends & Lore

by Healey, David

• ISBN13: 9781596299214
• ISBN10: 1596299215
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-22
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

Between the Waters of the Atlantic and the Chesapeake is Delmarva, a storied land that was once the hunting ground of Blackbeard, where ancient sea monsters lurk and wild ponies gallop along the beaches. Local author David Healey explores the lore of Delmarva, from the legends of St. Michaels-the town that escaped British cannons with a clever trick-to stories of Assateague's cannibalistic colonists and the all but forgotten history of Anna Carroll, President Lincoln's "Dear Lady," who is rumored to have brilliantly advised him on strategy during the Civil War. Join Healey as he reveals the secret history and remarkable legends of Delmarva. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 9
Colonial Delmarva
Explorer and Mapmaker	p. 13
Chestertown Tea Party	p. 17
How Whorekill and Murderkill Got Their Names	p. 18
Lost Houses of Delmarva	p. 20
Chesapeake Bay's First Pirate	p. 24
Baltimore versus Charlestown	p. 26
The Original Sot-weed Factor	p. 30
English, Swedes, Dutch and Native Americans in Conflict	p. 33
Debtors' Prisons	p. 38
War of 1812
The Town that Fooled the British	p. 41
Sir Peter Parker's Fateful Letter	p. 43
Kitty Knight	p. 47
The Battle Fought After War's End	p. 52
Divided Delmarva: The Civil War
Notorious Slave Catcher and Kidnapper	p. 55
Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad	p. 60
Spy for the Confederacy	p. 63
Lincoln's "My Dear Lady"	p. 67
Caveman of the Civil War	p. 70
Disasters, Shipwrecks and Mayhem
The Great Gale of 1878 and the Sinking of the Express	p. 73
The Rise and Fall of the Peach Barons	p. 76
Delaware's Coin Beach	p. 80
Cannibals on Assateague	p. 83
Lightning Causes Airline Crash	p. 87
Monsters and Myths
Chessie	p. 91
Oyster Wars	p. 94
Chesapeake and the House Full of Canned Fruit	p. 98
The Horses that Swam Ashore	p. 100
Ghosts, Murders and Mysteries
Haunted Historical Society	p. 103
The Mysterious Cosden Murders	p. 108
Andrew Jackson's Duelist Meets His Match	p. 112
Searching for Blackbeard's Treasure	p. 116
The Drowned Town	p. 119
Selected Bibliography	p. 123
About the Author	p. 127
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