LYME — On Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m., Lyme Public Library presents Sweethearts at Sea: A Love Story in the Age of Whaling.
Historian Amanda Goodheart Parks, PhD, will present the story of whaling captain John Marble and his wife Elizabeth from Fall River, Mass., who defied 19th-century social customs by sailing together aboard whaleships.
This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Lyme Public Library.
Contact the library at (860) 434-2272 or lymepl.org for details.