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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>The
</span></font></b><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold'> of Natural History in Brewster</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Presents</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><i><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Pieces
of Eight</span></font></u></i></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Piracy, Witchcraft
& the Great Spirit</span></font></u></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Of Colonial </span></font></u></b></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></font></u></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>with Joshua Delaney</span></font></u></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Thursday,
April 26 </span></font></u></b></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font
size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>7:30 pm</span></font></u></b></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></u></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><b><u><font size=4 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>March 27, 2012</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or </span></font><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="mailto:adminsupprt@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</a></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'>On Thursday, April 26 at </span></font></u></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>7:30 pm</span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'> the </span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Cape Cod</span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Museum</span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'> of Natural History
will present Joshua Delaney, speaking on his newly-released work of historical
fiction, <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pieces of Eight:</span></i></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Piracy, Witchcraft & the Great Spirit
of Colonial </span></font></u></i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Cape Cod</span></font></u></i></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><i><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>.
</span></font></u></i></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'>Admission is free to the public.</span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><i><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>Pieces of Eight</span></font></u></i></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'> is set in the rich
landscape of colonial </span></font></u></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'>Cape Cod</span></font></u></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'>. Although the pirate Sam Bellamy, captain of the ill-fated
Whydah, prominently figures in the narrative, the fascinating stories of the
earliest settlers of Eastham - the Doaneses, Halletts, Knowleses, </span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Paine</span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>s, Treats, Freemans,
Hopkins and other familiar names - form the basis of this accurately researched
and wonderfully readable narrative. </span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'>Joshua will speak about the characters, their moral and
religious beliefs and their daily lives in the villages of 18th century </span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Cape Cod</span></font></u></span><span
class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>. He has the rare
talent of putting the reader into the time and the place of this fascinating period
of </span></font></u></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font size=2
color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'>Cape Cod</span></font></u></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'> history.</span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'>Join us for this special presentation.</span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font
size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:Arial'><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></span></font></u></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>For further
information, contact the Museum at 508-896-3867. <a href="http://www.ccm/">www.ccm</a>nh.org</span></font></p>
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