From the Falmouth Historical Society Collection



Cited as the only extant firsthand record of a mermaid encounter in New England waters, this deathbed letter from a great-grandfather to his great-grandson is more likely an instructive fiction--a parable of regret. Supposedly corroborating the mermaid story, a ship's log (in the collections of the Provincetown Historical Museum) of the schooner Hannah, which plucked Mr. Stanton from South Weepecket in 1788, indicates that the crew saw two figures on the island prior to his rescue, but failed to locate a second victim. However, regarding accuracy and reliability, this is the same crew, under Captain John Merriweather, that reported sightings of a ghost ship and not one, but two sea monsters. ~~James S. Rucker, Archivist, Family Collections, Falmouth Historical Society, 1924

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About the Author

Elizabeth Fama is the author of Overboard, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She is obsessively drawn to graveyards and water, both of which are featured in her upcoming teen novel Monstrous Beauty. She lives with, and cannot live without, her boisterous and creative family in Chicago, IL.


Title: Men Who Wish to Drown : A Tor.Com Original
Author(s): Elizabeth Fama
ISBN: 9781466827158
Copyright 2012
Release Date: August 28, 2012
Publisher: Tor Publishing Group
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Language: English
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