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Provincetown

recommended by Jessica Chapel

Provincetown has been many things to many people in the course of its history — fishing village, artists’ colony, gay haven. These books tell the beautiful, complex (and sometimes dishy) story of the place and the people who have called it home.

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    Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown
    by Michael Cunningham

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    Provincetown: From Pilgrim Landing to Gay Resort
    by Karen Christel Krahulik

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    Ptown: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape
    by Peter Manso

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    The Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America’s Oldest Art Colony
    by Alexander J. Noelle

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    Time and the Town: A Provincetown Chronicle
    by Mary Heaton Vorse

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