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135: Thanksgiving Special: The Wreck of the Hesperus

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Is It Bad Luck to Take Women to See?

The Hespers was based upon an actual event. There was this nor Easter in 1839 that struck Cape Am, which is like the northern part of the Cape of Massachusetts with Cape Cobb being the southern part. And if you go to Gloucester, there's a statue there of the Gordon's Fisherman. Actually, it's actually just a statue of fishermen in general, but it looks an awful lot like the Gordon’s Fisherman,. Which came first. The Iambic quadrameter that the... ...wreck of the ancient mariners? Very sing-songy.

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