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FROM: "Nadine B. Rosendale" <[removed]@carr.org>
REC'D: 2/1/01, 7:44 PM

Here's a toughie (at least to me) so I need your help.

The patron is looking for some very old books that included stories or tales
about New England. The stories he remembers were about the Great Molasses
Disaster; Dugout Dan who lived underground in Vermont; and a Round Schoolhouse
that was built by a convicted highway man.

He's actually trying to get a hold of these books, but I couldn't find
anything like what he was asking for. I found some information on the
Internet, but no titles or authors. Do these stories sound familiar to
anyone?

- Nadine

Nadine B. Rosendale
Adult Services Supervisor

Carroll County Public Library
Mount Airy Branch
410.386.4470 ext.406

"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not."
-- Epistolae Morale
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

FROM: Martha Hansen <[removed]@nils.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/1/01, 8:56 PM

I found this reference on the internet to the Great Molasses Disaster - it
really did happen! Anyway there was an article in Yankee Magazine - perhaps
the book you are looking for is a compilation of Yankee Magazine stories. We
don't have any in our library for me to double check in but there is one
called <Mysteries, marvels & nightmares : more than 40 exciting stories from
the pages of Yankee magazine>

Good luck!

this is a clipping from the webpage devoted to the disaster
http://www.uoguelph.ca/~sjheeta/disaster/
"In 1919, a molasses tank in Boston exploded, flooding the streets with an
eight-foot wave of molasses. It killed 21 people, crumpled the steel support
of an elevated train, and knocked over a fire station. Here is a story of
that disaster.

by John Mason
Reprinted from the January 1965 issue of Yankee Magazine, Dublin, New
Hampshire"
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nadine B. Rosendale [[removed]@carr.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: tales from New England


Here's a toughie (at least to me) so I need your help.

The patron is looking for some very old books that included stories or tales

about New England. The stories he remembers were about the Great Molasses
Disaster; Dugout Dan who lived underground in Vermont; and a Round
Schoolhouse
that was built by a convicted highway man.

He's actually trying to get a hold of these books, but I couldn't find
anything like what he was asking for. I found some information on the
Internet, but no titles or authors. Do these stories sound familiar to
anyone?

- Nadine

Nadine B. Rosendale
Adult Services Supervisor

Carroll County Public Library
Mount Airy Branch
410.386.4470 ext.406

"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good
or not."
-- Epistolae Morale
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/1/01, 11:35 PM

In a message dated 2/1/2001 8:40:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@carr.org writes:

<< Here's a toughie (at least to me) so I need your help.

The patron is looking for some very old books that included stories or tales
about New England. The stories he remembers were about the Great Molasses
Disaster; Dugout Dan who lived underground in Vermont; and a Round
Schoolhouse
that was built by a convicted highway man.

He's actually trying to get a hold of these books, but I couldn't find
anything like what he was asking for. I found some information on the
Internet, but no titles or authors. Do these stories sound familiar to
anyone?

- Nadine >>

The Molasses Disaster occurred in Boston in 1919. There is are many websites
devoted to it. I found them via dogpile.com, using Molasses Disaster as a
search key. The first set of websites was from <GoTo>; a huge amount in
Google. Happy hunting!

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/1/01, 11:55 PM

In a message dated 2/1/2001 8:40:09 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[removed]@carr.org writes:

<<
Here's a toughie (at least to me) so I need your help.

The patron is looking for some very old books that included stories or tales
about New England. The stories he remembers were about the Great Molasses
Disaster; Dugout Dan who lived underground in Vermont; and a Round
Schoolhouse
that was built by a convicted highway man.

He's actually trying to get a hold of these books, but I couldn't find
anything like what he was asking for. I found some information on the
Internet, but no titles or authors. Do these stories sound familiar to
anyone?

- Nadine

Nadine B. Rosendale
Adult Services Supervisor

Carroll County Public Library
Mount Airy Branch
410.386.4470 ext.406

"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good
or not."
-- Epistolae Morale
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
>>

The Round Schoolhouse is located in Vermont. I found it via dogpile, which
directed me to google, then to the "Let Me Show You Vermont" website.

URL: http://www.letmeshowyouvermont.com/30-1.htm

The description below is from that website:

In another 2.8 miles (6.7 from VT 30) you will find the infamous Round
Schoolhouse.
Built in 1822, the teacher was one Dr. John Wilson, who also designed the
brick building. There were 60 students (show sat on benches) in this tiny
building.
After Wilson's death, it was discovered that he had been a wanted highwayman
from Scotland known as "Lightfoot". Legend says that he had the schoolhouse
built round so that he could observe anyone approaching the building.
This is the only round schoolhouse in the country.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/2/01, 8:11 AM

>From: "Nadine B. Rosendale" <[removed]@carr.org>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: tales from New England
>Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 20:19:22 -0500
>
>Here's a toughie (at least to me) so I need your help.
>
>The patron is looking for some very old books that included stories or
>tales
>about New England. The stories he remembers were about the Great Molasses
>Disaster; Dugout Dan who lived underground in Vermont; and a Round
>Schoolhouse
>that was built by a convicted highway man.
>
>He's actually trying to get a hold of these books, but I couldn't find
>anything like what he was asking for. I found some information on the
>Internet, but no titles or authors. Do these stories sound familiar to
>anyone?
>
> - Nadine
>

Could he possibly be thinking of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman? She wrote in the
late 19th-early 20th C.'s ("very old"), and was a New Englander whose short
stories focused on her natal region.

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FROM: Lynne Antunes <[removed]@sailsinc.org>
REC'D: 2/2/01, 8:53 AM

Your patron could be looking for books by Edward Rowe Snow.
He wrote numerous books about New England history and
legends. The Great Molasses Diasaster is included in his
title Marine Mysteries and Dramatic Disasters of New England.


At 08:19 PM 2/1/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Here's a toughie (at least to me) so I need your help.
>
>The patron is looking for some very old books that included stories or tales
>about New England. The stories he remembers were about the Great Molasses
>Disaster; Dugout Dan who lived underground in Vermont; and a Round
Schoolhouse
>that was built by a convicted highway man.
>
>He's actually trying to get a hold of these books, but I couldn't find
>anything like what he was asking for. I found some information on the
>Internet, but no titles or authors. Do these stories sound familiar to
>anyone?
>
> - Nadine
>
>Nadine B. Rosendale
>Adult Services Supervisor
>
>Carroll County Public Library
>Mount Airy Branch
>410.386.4470 ext.406
>
>"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good
or not."
> -- Epistolae Morale
> Lucius Annaeus Seneca
>
>
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Lynne Antunes
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North Dartmouth Library
1383 Tucker Rd.
Dartmouth, MA 02747

FROM: Patty Frobisher <[removed]@cityoflafayette.com>
REC'D: 2/5/01, 1:57 PM

Hi,
I think the author you are looking for may be Edward Rowe Snow. 50 - 60
years ago he had a regular radio program from Boston
in which he told the tales of the Great Molasses Disaster, the Rain of
Frogs, Shipwreck on Boone Island, the Year Without A Summer, and other
such events of New England. A search on FirstSearch produced none of these
titles but books of stories: Tales of terror and tragedy, Mysteries and
adventures along the Atlantic coast, Strange tales from Nova Scotia to Cape
Hatteras, among others. Maybe these are what your patron is looking for.
Hope this helps.

Patty Frobisher
Lafayette Public Library
Lafayette, CO 80026

<<
Here's a toughie (at least to me) so I need your help.

The patron is looking for some very old books that included stories or
tales
about New England. The stories he remembers were about the Great Molasses
Disaster; Dugout Dan who lived underground in Vermont; and a Round
Schoolhouse
that was built by a convicted highway man.

He's actually trying to get a hold of these books, but I couldn't find
anything like what he was asking for. I found some information on the
Internet, but no titles or authors. Do these stories sound familiar to
anyone?

- Nadine

Nadine B. Rosendale
Adult Services Supervisor

Carroll County Public Library
Mount Airy Branch
410.386.4470 ext.406

"It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good
or not."
-- Epistolae Morale
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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