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The Terrible Turks of Wrestling: Part One
One of the classic tropes of professional wrestling is the stereotypical evil foreigner. Hailing from some far away exotic land, wearing traditional garb, and the more remote the more heated the crowd would get. The world is a much smaller place and today it seems a little silly, especially in the silly world of modern “sports entertainment.” However, there was a time when the wresting was real…
The Cost of Fish: Part Three - A Fleet Built for Profit and Peril
Editor’s Preface: This is part three on how and why Gloucester, Massachusetts lost so many fishermen in the 19th century. Be sure to read parts one and two. Fishing schooner design had remained virtually unchanged since its 17th century origins. There was little need for change, since fishing methods remained mostly the same. With new fishing grounds, new fishing methods and new markets arriving…
Between 1820 and 1850, Gloucester's fishing industry transformed significantly, shifting focus from the Grand Banks to Georges Bank, where cod and halibut thrived. The introduction of railroads improved fish transportation, boosting the halibut and mackerel markets. This growth, however, brought inc
The Cost of Fish: Part One - Gloucester's Tragic Legacy
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A Wine Party in Fair Verona
Editor’s Note: This is from my 1996 backpacking adventure. Names have been changed since I haven’t talked to these people in over 20 years. Vera and I got off the train in Verona, the city of Romeo & Juliet and our introduction to Italy. This was quite the change from the snows of Bavaria, even the air smelled warm and inviting. I would learn that Italians would not call this warm, and in early…
The Flagg and Aymar's International Circus was the first traveling circus established in Massachusetts and the unluckiest show on earth.
One memorable eccentric I met was an artist, of a sort, sometimes known as "The Devil of Prague". I ran into him several times on Prague's famous Charles Bridge. Over the decades, he became as much a tourist landmark as the Charles Bridge itself.
This year I'm looking into the fun holiday drinks of Christmas. However, the Historical Vagabond doesn't travel the easy, well-trodden path. Instead, I found a few regional variants of these classic drinks, along with some totally unique Christmas beverages that should please the crowd.
For your listening pleasure, here are 6 more obscure, nearly forgotten Christmas carols that will have you thinking of yule logs, Medieval feasts and bowls of hot wassail. Make sure to break one of these out at your Holiday party and see what kind of looks you get!
This year I'm looking into the fun holiday drinks of Christmas. However, the Historical Vagabond doesn't travel the easy, well-trodden path. Instead, I found a few regional variants of these classic drinks, along with some totally unique Christmas beverages that should please the crowd.
The Curious Case of The Hungry Man of Essex
Small towns can produce some interesting people, and for my money, the town of Essex, Massachusetts has produced more than its fair share. This historic town, known to the world for its wooden ships and fried clams, has been home to the brilliant, the strange, the strangely brilliant, and the brilliantly strange. One of the town’s once-famous, now forgotten, eccentrics was an old woodworker named…
The Sicilian people have endured waves of invaders going back thousands of years.With this turbulent history, why wouldn't the common people have a secret system for defending themselves? If any of Europe's peasant cultures had a clandestine fighting style, it would be the Sicilians.
Madrid's Monasterio de Las Descalzas Reales was once the monastery of Habsburg princesses and high-born daughters of European nobility: A nunnery for the rich and famous.
Katwijk: The Last Coffee Plantation of Suriname
The story of former slave plantations in Suriname may seem off the beaten path, even for me. However, there was a time in the 19th century when my home port of Gloucester, Massachusetts held a virtual monopoly on trade with the Dutch colony of Surinam, the modern nation of Suriname. It is a foggy part of our local maritime history, that peeks out from the past in the form of Gloucester’s…
Mug Up with the Schooner Captains: August 28 at 3PM
Just a quick announcement about this afternoon’s Mug Up with the schooner captains in our new Mug Up Room at Maritime Gloucester. Official post is below, but you don’t have to RSVP at this point. If you are in the Cape Ann area, come on down and introduce yourself! Join us on the Maritime Gloucester pier for a Gloucester Schooner Festival Mug Up. Meet with Historian Justin Demetri and local and…
Santa Maria della Spina is a tiny, compact jewel box adorned with numerous beautiful statues and carvings. Part of its beauty is the amount of adornment on such a small building. The number and scale of the carvings and statues would be impressive on a much larger church.
In the winter of 2009, I stepped into Nam Kee, one of the best, and best known Chinese restaurants in Amsterdam. Food was pretty good too.