October 2026

October 22, 2026

Meet the authors and learn firsthand about the exhaustive, emotional search for JFK, Jr.

Authors:

Captain W. Russell "Russ" Webster, USCG (Ret.)

Theresa Mitchell Webster

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

VIP Reception & Book Signing 

Nobska Lighthouse

233 Nobska Road, Woods Hole, MA

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Book Talk

Church of the Messiah

16 Church Street, Woods Hole, MA

Register for Tickets in Advance

$30 Book Talk Only

$50 VIP Reception, Book Signing & Book Talk

All proceeds benefit Friends of Nobska Light, Inc.

The Last Flight chronicles the exhaustive and emotional five-day search and recovery mission for JFK Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette after their tragic plane crash.

Behind the high-profile victims and the shock of the tragedy are the inspiring stories of everyday citizens aiding in the search. 

"Every treatment of JFK Jr.'s life ends when his plane crashed off Martha's Vineyard the night of July 16, 1999, and this is where our book begins," Captain Russ Webster tells PEOPLE.

April 14, 2026

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Zoom Talk 

Link will be provided to registered guests Apr 14

Registration $10

Sailing to Freedom highlights little-known stories of freedom-seeking by sea and describes the less-understood maritime side of the Underground Railroad.  This talk will reconsider and contextualize the importance of enslaved African Americans’ maritime and waterfront labor in southern ports, and how escapes were managed along the East Coast, moving from the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland to safe harbor in northern cities such as Philadelphia, New York, New Bedford, and Boston.  While scholarship on the Underground Railroad has focused almost exclusively on overland escape routes from the antebellum South, this new research expands our understanding of how freedom was achieved by sea and what this journey looked like for untold numbers of African Americans.  With few exceptions, successful escapes from enslavement in the Deep South were achieved not overland, but by water.