Hidden History of Cape Cod

Theresa Mitchell Barbo

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781626197107
• eBook ISBN:
  9781625852441
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Discover the fascinating and nearly forgotten history amid Cape Cod's salty waves and sandy beaches—photos included.
From Provincetown to Falmouth, the Cape's fifteen towns offer a plethora of hidden and enchanting tales. Learn why one of the most famous rescues in Coast Guard history spent nearly fifty years in the shadows without public notice. Discover which wild creature went from the nineteenth-century soup pot to enjoying conservation protection under state law. Historian Theresa Mitchell Barbo explores these mysteries and more, from the lost diary of a nineteenth-century schoolteacher to the reason Cape Codders call their lunch "the noontime dinner." Join the author as she lifts the lid on the quirky and remarkable character of Cape Cod and its colorful past.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Cape Cod’s Ancient, Unknown Valley
• Get Your Mind in the Gutter
• Inside a Cape Cod Home
• A Burning Grief
• A Snapshot of Life on October 25, 1845
• Indentured and Served
• Botanical Sentinels
• The Character of Wellfleet
• Chatham’s Last Sea Captain
• Life, Completed
• Captain America
• Caroline Atherton Dugan
• The Gravest of Tales
• The Learning Curve
• There’s No Place Like Home
• A Nor’easter’s Familiar Rage, Sea Talk and a Famous Reunion
• Off the Rails
• In the Loony Bin
• It’s a Shell Life
• The Beloved Beacon
• That Writer, Margaret
• Cape Cod’s Little Italy
• A Hidden Century
• Keepers of the Keys
• Selected Bibliography
• About the Author