Preface 7
The Baxter Bible 9
The House that Sank 11
The Furbish Twins 14
Buckskin Sam 16
Hidden in the Fireplace 18
The Way Way Shop 20
The Butland Homestead 22
Fought with John Paul Jones 24
Hometown Baseball Stars 27
Romance of the Sawdust 30
Fear in 1940 33
Elias Hutchins The Old Sailor 36
The 27th Maine 39
Drakes Island 40
Sea Creatures of New England Waters 43
Old Bet 46
Roscoe Stephens and His Telescope 48
Scandinavian Influence 50
Days of Prohibition 53
Civil War Story 55
The Walker Diaries 59
Boon Island 61
The Witch's Grave 64
The KKK in Maine 66
The Murder of Dr. Swett 69
Tragic Death of Lizzie Bourne 71
The Doc Snow Gang 73
The Cat Mill 75
The King's Marker 77
The Real Scarlet Letter 80
Keeping Up with Madelyn Marx 81
Nelson Wentworth 84
Robert Canney Sr. 87
The Loss of the Thresher 90
Two Mysteries in Eliot 92
The Alfred Jail 94
Twelve o'Clock High 96
Vision of Mars 99
Slavery in Maine 101
Witch Trot Land 103
William Barry 105
The Kennebunkport Playhouse 109
The Saco Drive-In Theatre 111
Captain James Fairfield 114
If Trees Could Talk 117
Labor Day Remembered 118
Our Native American History 120
Remedies and Afflictions 122
Odd Sayings and Their Origins 124
About the Author 127