Provincetown: Stories from Land's End

by Shorr Kathy

Story by true story, Kathy Shorr chronicles the history and people of Provincetown. She writes of the first seasonal settlers, a raucous bunch of mariners, and their collection of beach shacks that earned the name Helltown. She describes how wreckers stripped vessels that had foundered and how a Provincetown whaler got swallowed up by a whale. She explains Provincetown's transition in the twentieth century to a vibrant center for the arts, as well as its residents' longtime reputation for flaunting authority and living on the edge. In this book, the colorful history of Provincetown unfolds to delight residents and visitors alike.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2002