Legendary Locals of Newburyport
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Kathleen M. Downey | ISBN: | 9781439646311 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | July 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kathleen M. Downey |
| ISBN: | 9781439646311 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | July 21, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals |
| Language: | English |
Yeat! The colloquial greeting is distinctly Newburyport, uttered by this seaport�s citizens to acknowledge one another in passing or to seek out fellow locals in far-flung places. Individuals featured in Legendary Locals of Newburyport extend to readers a congenial �Yeat!� William Lloyd Garrison, native son and leading abolitionist; �Lord� Timothy Dexter, who staged his own mock funeral; Harry O�Connor, founder of the World�s Shortest St. Patrick�s Day Parade; James Stehlin, celebrated Newburyport High School football coach; Rhina Espaillat, award-winning poet and founder of Powwow River Poets; Richard Simkins, owner of the legendary Grog restaurant-tavern; Sue Little, owner of Jabberwocky Bookshop; Tom Maginnis, drummer for the post-punk band Buffalo Tom; Mickey, feral cat mascot for the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, and 1st Lt. Derek Hines, who gave his life while serving his country in Afghanistan, are among the legendary locals�native born and transplants�who have left their imprint, or paw print, upon the Port.
Yeat! The colloquial greeting is distinctly Newburyport, uttered by this seaport�s citizens to acknowledge one another in passing or to seek out fellow locals in far-flung places. Individuals featured in Legendary Locals of Newburyport extend to readers a congenial �Yeat!� William Lloyd Garrison, native son and leading abolitionist; �Lord� Timothy Dexter, who staged his own mock funeral; Harry O�Connor, founder of the World�s Shortest St. Patrick�s Day Parade; James Stehlin, celebrated Newburyport High School football coach; Rhina Espaillat, award-winning poet and founder of Powwow River Poets; Richard Simkins, owner of the legendary Grog restaurant-tavern; Sue Little, owner of Jabberwocky Bookshop; Tom Maginnis, drummer for the post-punk band Buffalo Tom; Mickey, feral cat mascot for the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society, and 1st Lt. Derek Hines, who gave his life while serving his country in Afghanistan, are among the legendary locals�native born and transplants�who have left their imprint, or paw print, upon the Port.
