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"Even before the Pilgrims landed in 1620, Cape Cod and the Islands promised the possibility of paradise to those lucky enough to find themselves there.". "Several books in one, The Enduring Shore is the first comprehensive narrative of the Cape and Islands. As natural history it changes our perspective of the magical richness at the edge of the sea, a marginal world created by glaciers only ten thousand years ago and constantly evolving. Its human history melds the outsized personalities and dramas that characterize the region into a compelling montage of natives and explorers, colonists and…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2000Henry Holt · 367 pages · 9780805059281
Naturgeschichte <Fach>Natural historyHistoryCape cod (mass.), historyNantucket island (mass.), historyMartha's vineyard (mass.)Natural history, united states