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The Cook Memorial Library building reopened Monday, March 1. Patrons are limited to half an hour for browsing and checkout or one hour for library computer use. Patrons are required
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ENTERPRISE â Fishtrapâs Big Read 2021, which is online-only again this year, is a true tale of resilience and survival â In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick. The month-long event kicked off this week.
The National Book Award-winning tale is the story of the whaleship Essex which, in 1820, was the target of a sperm whale attack. The 85-foot long whale â perhaps the largest of that species anyone had witnessed â rammed the ship and stove it in. The attack and the sinking of the Essex were the basis of Herman Melvilleâs ending for his 1851 novel, Moby-Dick.
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By Joseph A. Williams/Feb. 19, 2021 12:04 pm EDT
To schoolchildren, the name Squanto is associated with Thanksgiving feasts involving kids using tin safety scissors to cut up construction paper to make either faux Pilgrim hats or Native American headdresses. Squanto was the so-called friendly Indian. He helped the English Pilgrims survive the first brutal years of the Plymouth colony through his skills as a translator and a teacher.
While this grade-school assessment on the surface is correct, the truth is far more complicated. Squanto was a highly complex man whose character was shaped by tragedy. Squanto knew enslavement, exile, and genocide before his own suspect demise. He was far more worldly and far more well-traveled than the English of Plymouth. He was an intelligent, ambitious man who had a cunning streak that would make Machiavelli proud and who ultimately wanted to be a grand sachem. Squanto was also