The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket

The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket
ISBN-10
0805067345
ISBN-13
9780805067347
Category
History
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2001-06
Publisher
Macmillan
Author
Paul Schneider

Description

Focusing the region of Cape Code, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, the author of The Adirondacks serves up a compelling natural and human history of this region, covering Native American and European inhabitation, shipwrecks, hurricanes, sperm whales, religion, revolution, and other key facets of this Massachusetts area. Reprint. 17,500 first printing.

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