[Crown Journeys Series 01] • Land's End · A Walk in Provincetown

[Crown Journeys Series 01] • Land's End · A Walk in Provincetown
Authors
Cunningham, Michael
Publisher
Picador USA
Tags
travel , history , united states , essays & travelogues , new england (ct; ma; me; nh; ri; vt) , northeast
ISBN
9781250017703
Date
2002-08-06T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.37 MB
Lang
en
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"Cunningham's short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art." - The Washington Post

"Easily read on a plane-and-ferry journey from here to the sandy, tide-washed tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Land's End is that most perfect of companions: slender, eloquent, enriching, and fun. . . . A casually lovely ode to Provincetown." - The Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Cunningham rambles through Provincetown, gracefully exploring the unusual geography, contrasting seasons, long history, and rich stew of gay and straight, Yankee and Portuguese, old-timer and 'washashore' that flavors Cape Cod's outermost town. . . . Chock-full of luminous descriptions . . . . He's hip to its studied theatricality, ever-encroaching gentrification and physical fragility, and he can joke about its foibles and mourn its losses with equal aplomb." - Chicago Tribune

"A homage to the 'city of sand'. . . Filled with finely crafted sentences and poetic images that capture with equal clarity the mundanities of the A P and Provincetown's magical shadows and light . . . Highly evocative and honest. It takes you there." - The Boston Globe

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