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Author:

East, Elyssa.

Title:

Dogtown : death and enchantment in a New England ghost town / Elyssa East.

Edition:

1st Free Press hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Free Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

vii, 291 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Dogtown Commons (Gloucester, Mass.)--Description and travel.
East, Elyssa--Homes and haunts.
Gloucester (Mass.)--History.
Ann, Cape (Mass.)--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index.

Contents:

The prophetic pictures -- The birth of tragedy -- Cynomancy -- The painter of Dogtown -- Le Beauport -- The baron in the trees -- Ghost dog -- Rollicking apparitions -- Taking care of its own --- In the time of pirates -- The green man -- Dooming the seats -- Shadow hunting -- God's burning finger -- Confession -- In gypsy ways -- "Viva San Pietro" -- Life's book -- Island heart of darkness -- Maximus, to Dogtown -- The masked man in yellow -- The geography of being -- Into the deep woods -- City bred tenderfoots -- "No intention of leaving this courtroom alive" -- Nature working her magic unmolested -- Confabulation -- Mountains in stone -- Notes on the term "Dogtown".

Summary:

An exploration of the strange, dark history of a wilderness ghost town and a brutal 25-year-old murder.

ISBN:

1416587047
9781416587040

OCLC:

(OCoLC)319602666

LCCN:

2009017197

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

RQPC397 -- Panora Public Library (Panora)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)