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Category Archives: Places and Events

Places and Events: Early American Crime in San Francisco (and I Don’t Mean Alcatraz)

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Anyone with an interest in crime history must visit Alcatraz while in San Francisco (My daughter said after our tour, “Of all the prisons I have visited, this one definitely ranks in the top three!”). But if you decide to take the boat from Pier 33 at Fisherman’s Wharf out to the island, you should […]

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Places and Events: Old Jails in Maine

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

I had to duck my head as I passed through the low doorway that led into the dungeon of the Old Gaol in York, ME. The sole electric lamp trying to replicate what the lighting would have been like in the jail cell in the 1700s and the musty smell resulting from a lack of […]

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Special Announcement: My New Book on Convict Transportation Is Now Available

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

My new book, Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America, has just been published by Pickpocket Publishing and is available for purchase. I hope you enjoy reading it. Amazon.com: Paperback ($16.99) and Kindle ($4.99). Smashwords: All e-book formats ($4.99). The book will soon be […]

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Special Announcement: A New Book by Anthony Vaver Will Be Published By Pickpocket Publishing

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

My new book, Bound with an Iron Chain: The Untold Story of How the British Transported 50,000 Convicts to Colonial America will be published by Pickpocket Publishing in the early summer of 2011. In the 18th century, thousands of British convicts were separated from their families, chained together in the hold of a ship, and […]

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EAC Places and Events: The Fort Mackinac Guardhouse Prison Cell

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island was constructed in 1779 in order to protect the lucrative fur trade in northern Michigan and maintain relations with neighboring Native American tribes. The military importance of the Fort diminished as the nineteenth century progressed, but the Fort took on a new role when the Mackinac National Park was established […]

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