Cool Shop on Boston’s North Shore Focused on Storytelling Features My Book, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919!

The name of the shop is New England Sketch Book, and according to founder and owner Corey Prince (shown below), the focus of his Newburyport, MA locale is to tell old, lost stories of the Boston and New England area. “My dad spent most of his working life in the city and would regale us kids with classic tales of Boston, including the Great Molasses Flood,” Corey explained to me. “I have been eager to tell the story since I opened my shop.” As such, he worked with a local candle maker and developed a scent he calls “Summer in the North End” to reflect the lore of the molasses scent (see candles in the accompanying photo that include a map of the North End waterfront area along with the phrase “Honoring the Great Molasses Flood of 1919”), and he worked with me to ensure that his shop had plenty of copies of my book, Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, on hand. “The combination [the candles and the book] has been a wonderful activator of conversation and dialog,” Corey said, “and yes, it began to sell almost immediately.” Overall, Corey said, his shop is focused on a “deeper narrative of New England through art, reclaimed material creations, and new items telling the lost stories of the region.” I’m honored that Corey is featuring Dark Tide in this unique store. My thanks to him and his customers! You can go here to visit the New England Sketch Book.