author
Leander Crosby
1816–1872
A 19th-century Cape Cod writer, he is remembered for helping preserve the story of the Sparrow-Hawk shipwreck and its remarkable rediscovery. His surviving work offers a small but vivid window into local history.
1 Audiobook
Ye antient wrecke—1626 : Loss of the Sparrow-Hawk in 1626. Remarkable preservation and recent discovery of the wreck
by Charles W. (Charles Walter) Livermore, Leander Crosby
About the author
Leander Crosby was born in September 1816 and died in March 1872 in Orleans, Massachusetts. He is associated today with Cape Cod local history rather than a large body of literary work.
He is best known as the co-author, with Charles W. Livermore, of Ye antient wrecke.--1626. Loss of the Sparrow-Hawk in 1626. Remarkable preservation and recent discovery of the wreck, published in 1865. The book records the story of the Sparrow-Hawk, an early colonial shipwreck whose remains were found on Cape Cod, and it helped preserve an episode of regional maritime history for later readers.
Modern library records list this title as the principal work connected with his name. Even from that single surviving book, Crosby comes across as a writer interested in memory, place, and the way local discoveries can bring the distant past back to life.