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In the mid-nineteenth century, James Wickham was a wealthy farmer
with a large estate in Cutchogue, Long Island. His extensive
property included a mansion and eighty acres of farmland that were
maintained by a staff of servants. In 1854, Wickham got into an
argument with one of his workers, Nicholas Behan, after Behan
harassed another employee who refused to marry him. Several days
after Behan's dismissal, he crept back into the house in the dead
of night. With an axe, he butchered Wickham and his wife, Frances,
and fled to a nearby swamp. Behan was captured, tried, convicted
and, on December 15, became one of the last people to be hanged in
Suffolk County. Local historians Geoffrey Fleming and Amy Folk
uncover this gruesome story of revenge and murder.
When the primary value of bay-front property was the privilege of
harvesting seaweed, state legislator and Southold newspaperman
Joseph Nelson Hallock was stealing watermelon from Peter Gils
Well's patch and fighting for the privilege to pass the water at
Southold Academy. In the spirit of Mary Ellen Chase's
turn-of-the-century account of life in rural New England, Hallock
offers his firsthand impressions of the difficulties and pleasures
of North Fork life one hundred years ago. With a recipe for samp
porridge and tales of power brokering in Albany, "Southold
Reminiscences" is sure to inspire.
This book explains violent and abusive behaviour and places it in a
social context. It can help readers of any age and sexual
orientation to change their own behaviour and to recognise when
they are being controlled. "I can honestly say that without reading
this book (9 times no less ) I don't think that I would be here
today, relaxed in my own home with my children that I love so
much."
On Her Majesty's Secret Service has descriptive copy which is not
yet available from the Publisher.
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