Free Press Covers Book Signing of ‘Ship That Held Up Wall Street’

The Free Press previewed a book signing by author and University of Maine marine archaeologist Warren Riess at 11a.m. Friday, Nov. 28, at Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta. After 30 years of research, Riess’ book “The Ship That Held Up Wall Street,” is on bookshelves. Riess recounts his experiences as co-director of the investigation of an 18th-century British merchant ship unearthed beneath a Manhattan construction site in 1982.