On the morning of August 15, 1635, off the coast of Pemaquid, Maine a ship thrashed at anchor. The 250 ton Angel Gabriel had arrived at one of the most beautiful harbors on the east coast of the New World. In the midst of the frantic task of off-loading the vessel, those with a weather eye knew that trouble was brewing. The Angel Gabriel was about to be set upon by a storm that history would call the "Great Colonial Hurricane." Among the immigrants huddled on shore, watching as their only link to the old world was torn from its moorings and dashed on the solidly pre-Camprian rocks of Maine,...