Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Nautical Newburyport

PEABODY, Mass. - April 13, 2017 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Nautical Newburyport

Local author Dyke Hendrickson will be available to sign copies of book

Newburyport was once the most dangerous harbor on the East Coast and one of its most prosperous. Local captains and sailors led the nation to battle during the American Revolution and founded the U.S. Coast Guard. They sent vessels to Bombay, the gold rush and the farthest reaches of the world. Author Dyke Hendrickson explores the perfection of the clipper ship, the city's famous Federalist mansions and the bold adventures from the Age of Sail. Follow the men and women of Newburyport into battle, into gales and into fortune—or ruin.

Highlights from the book include:

·         Newburyport is the birthplace of the Coast Guard (1970). Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton created this service, and the first vessel built was the Massachusetts.

·         Newburyport was one of the leading ship-building communities in New England from 1764 to 1890.

·         A clipper ship built in Newburyport, the Dreadnaught, held the world record the crossing of the Atlantic by sail, accomplishing the feat in nine days in 1853. A monument on Merrimac Street in Newburyport marks the boatyard at which it was built.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

210 Andover Street

Peabody, MA 01960

When:  Sunday, April 23rd, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

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