The Enduring Shore: A History of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket [Idioma Inglés] - Tapa blanda

Críticas

"For anyone who wishes to know how the Cape and Islands came to be . . ." --Paul Theroux, "The New York Times Book Review"

"Quite simply, the most entertaining history about our part of the world that I have ever read." --Tom Dunlop, "The Vineyard Gazette"

"A charged must-read for anyone who ever fell asleep in American History." --"Esquire"

"Leapfrogs from natural history to social history to personal history in an engagingly unorthodox narrative." --"Elle"

For anyone who wishes to know how the Cape and Islands came to be . . . "Paul Theroux, The New York Times Book Review"

Quite simply, the most entertaining history about our part of the world that I have ever read. "Tom Dunlop, The Vineyard Gazette"

A charged must-read for anyone who ever fell asleep in American History. "Esquire"

Leapfrogs from natural history to social history to personal history in an engagingly unorthodox narrative. "Elle""

"For anyone who wishes to know how the Cape and Islands came to be . . ." --Paul Theroux, The New York Times Book Review

"Quite simply, the most entertaining history about our part of the world that I have ever read." --Tom Dunlop, The Vineyard Gazette

"A charged must-read for anyone who ever fell asleep in American History." --Esquire

"Leapfrogs from natural history to social history to personal history in an engagingly unorthodox narrative." --Elle

Reseña del editor

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.