AUTHOR MARC SONGINI TO SPEAK
Journalist Marc Songini will speak about his new book, "The Lost Fleet: A Yankee Whaler's Struggle Against the Confederate Navy and Arctic Disaster" at the Nantucket Atheneum at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9. Admission is free.

"The Lost Fleet" is Songini's third book about New England history that recounts a daring escape from the Confederate cruiser Alabama and the rescue and salvage of lost ships off Alaska's coast. "The Lost Fleet" has received favorable reviews as a family saga, a true narrative of adventure and death on the high seas and a detailed and wellresearched look at the demise of Yankee whaling.