Logs of the Dead Pirates Society
A Schooner Adventure Around Buzzards BayBy Randall Peffer
256 pp. May 2000. Hardcover. $23.95
ISBN 1 57409 095 X
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In Buzzards Bay, a pocket of saltwater tucked away in southern Massachusetts, "swamp yankee" traditions still prevail and the ghosts of Indians and 17th century explorers, pirates, and revolutionaries haunt every quarter. Among the many historical figures associated with the area are Herman Melville, Henry James, Grover Cleveland, and John F. Kennedy. Each summer, the research schooner SARAH ABBOT — captained by Randall Peffer and crewed by a class of high school students studying marine biology — drifts among the boats floating in the idyllic and largely unspoiled bay.
A tale of exploration and adventure, Logs of the Dead Pirates Society is the absorbing account of an annual cruise that has become a rite of passage and a deeply personal quest for Peffer.
"...enjoyable, rewarding, and highly informative..." —WoodenBoat
"A good book for armchair sailors and an excellent view of historic Buzzards Bay..." —Library Journal
"...memorable, engaging, highly recommended..." —Midwest Book Review
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About the Author:
Randall Peffer's nonfiction narrative Watermen won the Baltimore Sun's Critics Choice Award. He is the author of several travel guidebooks published by National Geographic and Lonely Planet, and has been a regular contributor to National Geographic, Smithsonian, SAIL, and WoodenBoat. Peffer is a licensed captain and a literature instructor at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.