Name: Author Talk: “Historic Storms of Martha’s Vineyard” by Tom Dresser
Start: 2026-05-26T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Katharine Cornell Theatre

$Author Talk: \u201cHistoric Storms of Martha\u2019s Vineyard\u201d by Tom Dresser$

Join local historian Tom Dresser for a presentation on his latest book, “Historic Storms of Martha's Vineyard,” a chronicle of the most memorable storms of the past four centuries on Martha’s Vineyard, including the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635, Hurricane Bob, and the No Name Storm of 1991, among others. This event will be held at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, May 26th at the Katharine Cornell Theatre, located at 51 Spring Street in Vineyard Haven (above Tisbury Town Hall). Free and open to the public. No registration required.
“Historic Storms of Martha’s Vineyard” is a compilation of the fiercest weather challenges of the past four centuries on Martha’s Vineyard, beginning with the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635, the granddaddy of our major storms. Dresser takes note of “the year without a summer,” the devastating Portland gale, and Hurricane Edna, and concludes with Hurricane Bob and the No Name Storm of 1991, a pair of obtusely named windstorms that shook us up but were not in the category of the 1635 tempest.
Tom Dresser came to Martha’s Vineyard in 1995 to visit the woman who would eventually become his wife, Joyce Dresser. Since then he has written dozens of books, booklets, and articles about the history of Martha’s Vineyard. Tom has also worked as a teacher, a school bus driver, a tour bus operator, a walking tour leader, and a speaker on various aspects of island history.