Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks! The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating stories of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks presents the top 50 wildest episodes in the region's history in one convenient, narrative-driven package. "Mayo's Grittiest Moments books read like Loren D. Estleman and Jim Thompson got together to re-write a Stephen Ambrose history book." --Jeremy L.C. Jones, Booklifenow.com "Mayo brings the West alive.... Cowboys, Mountain Men, and Grizzly Bears puts the reader right in the middle of the action, making history not only accessible, but fun, scary, and most importantly, real. Mayo is a writer to keep a lookout for." --Larry D. Sweazy, Spur Award-winner and author of The Rattlesnake Season The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating tales of Yankee ingenuity and intrepid characters, and Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks brings together the top 50 wildest among them--shipwreck victims surviving any way they could; Indian, pirate, and shark attacks; cougar and bear attacks; and, of course, rum runners and bootleggers doing what they do best. Read these stories and many more: Boon Island's Curse: A winter wreck in 1710 strands fourteen sailors on this barren rock off the coast of York, Maine. Ten survive--through cannibalism. Massachusetts Bay Man-Eater: Angler Joseph Blaney, in 1830, attracts the attention of two great white sharks in the middle of Massachusetts Bay. The Last Vampire: In 1892, to ward off evil spirits, a Rhode Island girl's corpse is exhumed, her organs are burned, and family members inhale the smoke. Matthew P. Mayo  is a Western Writers of America Spur Award Finalist and a Western Fictioneers Peacemaker Award Finalist. His short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and his novels include the Westerns  Winters' War ,  Wrong Town ,  Hot Lead ,  Cold Heart ,  Dead Man's Ranch ,  Tucker's Reckoning ,   and he contributes to several popular series of Western and adventure novels. His non-fiction books include  Cowboys, Mountain Men & Grizzly Bears ;  Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks ;   Sourdoughs, Claim Jumpers & Dry Gulchers ; and  Haunted Old West . Visit him at matthewmayo.com. New England History- Anecdotes; Pub by gpp Guilford CT