John Hays Hammond, Jr. and His Castle Museum 5

Jack's cook for the last twenty-five years of his life was Nellie Nally Connors. In RECIPES FROM HAMMOND CASTLE, she has gathered together not only Jack's favorite recipes but combined them with anecdotes about him and thoughtful insights and reflections about life at the castle.

In the summer of 2008, Hammond Castle finally implemented a decade-old idea by Hammond biographer, John Dandola, to restore the kitchen of the castle in true vintage style and dedicate it to Nellie.

Nellie even appears as a character along with Hammond in Dandola's mystery novels, DEAD BY ALL APPEARANCES and DEAD IN SMALL DOSES, which are set at the castle during World War II.

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Pictured on the cover of Jack's fictional works is what he called the Sun Room (the museum now refers to it as the Side Chapel). This was his favorite spot to read and write.

Jack's father was a close friend of both Rudyard Kipling and
H. Rider Haggard (author of KING SOLOMON'S MINES). Although Kipling thought Jack to have writing talent, Senior with the help of Edison succeeded in pointing the boy towards a more practical career. But Jack still continued to write in private.

ECHOES FROM THE CASTLE WALLS is a collection of his horror and adventure stories which were published for the first time in 1999. New discoveries of more works expanded the book even further for its 2004 edition.

For ordering information about any of the above titles, CLICK HERE

Hammond's biography and the expanded collection of his short stories,
ECHOES FROM THE CASTLE WALLS,
were released in February, 2004.

The expanded edition of
THE GHOSTS OF HAMMOND CASTLE
was released in September, 2005.

The expanded edition of
RECIPES FROM HAMMOND CASTLE
was released in March, 2006.

For more information about the Hammond Castle titles or to inquire where they can be found on Cape Ann, visit the publisher's web site by clicking here:

THE QUINCANNON PUBLISHING GROUP

To contact Hammond's biographer:
Author@JohnDandola.com

A necessary but unfortunate note because problems have arisen:
This web site was created by John Dandola, the biographer of John Hays Hammond, Jr., because so much information distributed about the late Mr. Hammond and Hammond Castle Museum is incorrect. It is Mr. Dandola's intention
that this site is to be used as a valuable resource.

To students, that means it is to be cited in footnotes and credited in bibliographies.

This site's contents are fully protected by copyright. Plagiarism and copyright infringement will be pursued by legal means.
This site is not allowed to be reposted (in whole or in part) anywhere else on the Internet.

An Important Note to Authors & Journalists
Because of the years of in-depth research and the unique associations made with now-deceased Hammond friends and associates, any author or journalist seeking to use copyrighted materials related to this web site or any book in the
Hammond Castle Collection for research requires the written permission of Hammond biographer John Dandola.

Copies of these books and other sources may be denied an author or journalist by the Quincannon Publishing Group and
John Dandola until an agreement is signed for proper citing of sources.

Such is the reason that these materials were denied to an author named Julie Fenster.

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Photographic restorations & composites are

Copyright © 1999, 2002, 2004, 2007 by Lanawn-Shee Studios.
All rights reserved.

used with permission from

LIVING IN THE PAST, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE:
The Biography of John Hays Hammond, Jr.
by John Dandola

RECIPES FROM HAMMOND CASTLE
by Nellie Nally Connors & Patricia M. Drury

Graphic images are
Copyright © 1996, 1997 by Lanawn-Shee Studios.
All rights reserved.

used with permission from

THE HAMMOND CASTLE GUIDEBOOK
by John Dandola

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"A wealthy inventor and a brilliant mind who enjoyed the art of the short story, John Hays Hammond, Jr., traveled widely, knew many people in power, wrestled with the issues of his day, and spent his time recounting his adventures.…I liked this collection. Two really fun accounts: 'Scotland Yard and the Spy' [wherein] the author/inventor, during World War I, becomes mistaken for a German spy because of a simple prank and 'Madness in Santo Domingo' [in which] he sails his yacht to retrieve highly valued church pews for his own castle museum. Hammond does a crackerjack job of recounting these tales."

Andrew Andrews, TRUE REVIEW
April 2004 issue

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"...his stories do show a passion and appreciation for the genre...certainly worth reading, especially if you wish to glimpse another side of one of the great American thinkers."

Jack Shear, LiarSociety.com
May 2005 issue

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Due largely to his wife's interests in astrology and the occult, Jack was gradually won over out of scientific curiosity. He conducted several experiments with psychics and the castle indeed seems to be haunted not only by Mr. and Mrs. Hammond and their pets but by much older spirits attached to the building's more ancient parts and artifacts. In true sitting-'round-the-campfire fashion, this book recounts a great many of those eerie occurrences throughout the years.

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...folk literature in the truest sense. Dandola has taken the oral ghost tales told by local people who have lived in Hammond Castle in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and retold them in written form. The result is a charming collection of stories that give the reader a personal glimpse into the lives of John Hays Hammond, Jr. and his wife, Irene Fenton Hammond...

Mary E. Schutte-Taylor
Amazon.com
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LIVING IN THE PAST, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
is an in-depth biography of John Hays Hammond, Jr., which finally saw print after more than five years of intense research and detective work. In the process, the author interviewed the last of Hammond's friends and associates (now, all sadly deceased) and he was granted full access of the museum archives which he also had to organize. By the time research was completed, the author had amassed his own personal archives which rival those of the museum.

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"One of the most revealing and entertaining biographies of any inventor you will ever read."

INTERNATIONAL TITLES
Frankfurt issue, 2004

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"Repeated tours of [Hammond Castle Museum] always left me wanting to know more about the man who chose to make the castle his home....
Thankfully, LIVING IN THE PAST, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE is now available to fill in the gaps [about] one of America's great forgotten scientists. As evidenced by this biography, Hammond was quite a character and he led a life that never fails to entertain....
[John Dandola] preserves that life for the interest of generations to come."

Jack Shear, LiarSociety.com
June/July 2005 issue

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A mystery novel set in Hammond Castle
during World War II
and featuring
John Hays Hammond, Jr.

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"A unique blend of history, mystery, and nostalgia with the mood of a 1940's film. Clever casting, sharp period dialogue, and memorable scenic descriptions set a backdrop for an unexpected series of events. Great fun, and blessedly different, this is a book to take into your comfiest chair and enjoy as you would an exciting journey."

—Julia Buckley,
author of THE DARK BACKWARD and MADELINE MANN

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