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Author Talk with Dan Fuller, Gloucester Gale: The True Story of the Swordfishing Schooner Dorcas
Date and Time
Thursday Aug 3, 2023
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
Thursday, August 3, 2023 from 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Location
Sawyer Free Library, 21 Dale Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Fees/Admission
Free
Contact Information
Julie Travers
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Description
Join us as Dan Fuller tells the true story of Captain Joseph Silveira and the swordfishing schooner Dorcas during the August Gale of 1924. In this vivid narrative about men battling against a raging force of nature during the bygone age of wooden ships and harpoons, he reconstructs the events of that hurricane and the schooner Dorcas, the impact on the rest of the fleet out at Georges Bank, and their loved ones back in Gloucester. Books will be available for sale and signing following the presentation.
