CAMDEN — As a part of Camden Public Library’s Maritime Month series, writer Tom Verde will present his book, In a Class All Their Own: Unique and Historic Boats of New England, Thursday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. Book signings will follow.

This is a hybrid event and will take place in person in the Picker Room at Camden Public Library as well as on Zoom. Find the Zoom registration link to attend virtually at librarycamden.org, or visit https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8kd9S0kQQ4GjwSoSkXxXIw

Each boat has a tale to tell. In a Class All Their Own: Unique and Historic Boats of New England (Globe Pequot Press, 2020) by Tom Verde recounts the colorful stories of nearly forty classic/unique New England vessels. These include the fabled history of the cat boat; the first fiberglass sailing yacht; a New York ferry boat repurposed as a houseboat; the oldest working fishing boat in Stonington, Connecticut; racing rivalries in the Sound; the French love affair with American boat designs; and the Jazz Age era of luxury yachting, among others.

In his presentation, Verde will discuss several boats featured in his book, including their classes and designers, as well as their relationships to the waters in which they sailed, raced, cruised.

Tom Verde is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Yankee Magazine, and on National Public Radio. He is the author of Maine Ghosts and Legends: 30 Encounters with the Supernatural (Down East Books) and In a Class All Their Own: Unique and Historic Boats of New England (Globe Pequot Press). He lives in Pawcatuck, Connecticut. Learn more about him and his other writing at tomverde.pressfolios.com.