Edward Rowe Snow
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Edward Rowe Snow (1902-1982) was an American author and historian from Winthrop, Massachusetts.
He is widely known for his stories of pirates and other nautical subjects; he wrote over forty books and many shorter publications. In all, he was the author of more than 100 publications, mainly about New England coastal history.
Mr. Snow was also a major chronicler of New England maritime history. With the publication of "The Islands of Boston Harbor" in 1935, he became famous as a historian of the New England coast and also as a popular storyteller, lecturer, preservationist, and treasure hunter.
He is also famous for carrying on the tradition of the "Flying Santa" for over forty years (1936-1980). Every Christmas he would hire a small plane and drop wrapped gifts to the lighthouse keepers and their families.
Many credit him with saving Fort Warren, located on Georges Island in Boston Harbor, in the 1950s.
In August of 2000, a plaque was dedicated to Mr. Snow on his beloved Georges Island.
Since 2002, several of his books have been released in new editions published by Commonwealth Editions of Beverly, Massachusetts.
[edit] Works
- Storms And Shipwrecks of New England
- The Islands of Boston Harbor
- The Islands of Boston harbor, their history and romance, 1626-1935
- Women Of The Sea
- Secrets of the North Atlantic Islands
- Adventures, blizzards, and coastal calamities
- True Tales and Curious Legends: Dramatic Stories from the Yankee Past
- The Lighthouses of New England
- Mysteries And Adventures Along the Atlantic Coast
- Pirates and Buccaneers of the Atlantic Coast
- A Pilgrim Returns to Cape Cod
- Historic Fort Warren
- True Tales of Pirates and Their Gold
- Lighthouses of New England 1716-1973
[edit] External links
- "Memorial Dedicated to Edward Rowe Snow: Historian", by Jeremy D'Entremont, in Lighthouse Digest, October 2000. An overview of Snow's life.
- Edward Rowe Snow at Amazon.com
