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From Off Island
From Off Island, by Dionis Coffin Riggs, in collaboration with Sidney Noyes Riggs. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1940. This is the 2016 facsimile edition of the novel first published in 1940 by McGraw-Hill’s Whittlesey House imprint, based on the life of … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Cynthia Riggs, Dionis Coffin Riggs, history, West Tisbury, whaling
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The Morgan Comes to Call
The Charles W. Morgan sailed into Vineyard Haven harbor on Wednesday, June 18, escorted by a local flotilla and her companion ship, the Roann. Built in 1841, the bark Morgan is the last of the U.S. whaling fleet, which once numbered more than 2,700. After several … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles W. Morgan, history, spirituals choir, Vineyard Gazette, Vineyard Haven, whaling
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