| Edition |
First Free Press hardcover edition. |
| Description |
vii, 291 pages : map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Subject |
Dogtown Commons (Gloucester, Mass.) -- Description and travel.
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East, Elyssa -- Homes and haunts.
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Gloucester (Mass.) -- History.
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Ann, Cape (Mass.) -- History.
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| ISBN |
9781416587040 |
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1416587047 |
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