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Author | : David W. Dunlap |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2015-06-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692426715 |
Alarmingly independent, ravishingly beautiful, and surprisingly cosmopolitan, Provincetown already figures in dozens of guide books. But Building Provincetown, which uses architecture to tell social and cultural history, is the most comprehensive yet. More than 1,200 pictures and 650 entries cover everything from the largest national landmarks to the smallest dune shacks -- with three dozen boats in the bargain.Street by street, Building Provincetown takes you under the snug eaves of stout Cape cottages and behind elegant Greek Revival and Queen Anne-style doorways. You'll meet Portuguese fishermen and Yankee whalers, Abstract Expressionists and AIDS activists, early gay pioneers and latter-day buccaneers, drag queens, literary lions, Bohemians, Knights of Columbus, a few town criers, a lot of poets, plus shipwrights, sculptors, and an 87-year-old Avon lady.Working with town residents, David W. Dunlap, who has covered historic preservation for The New York Times since 1981, gathered images and stories that have never before been presented in one place. If you don't know Provincetown, this is an ideal introduction. If you think you already know Provincetown, you're in for a few happy surprises.
Author | : Mary Heaton Vorse |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780813517520 |
Mary Heaton Vorse was, to many, the spirit of American radicalism incarnate. This pioneer of labor journalism in the United States covered the Lawrence textile strike, the great steel strike of 1919, and the 1937 auto workers' strike and factory takeover in Flint, Michigan. Vorse was prominent in the women's suffrage movement, libertarian socialism, feminism and world peace. As a war correspondent, she traveled to Lenin's Moscow and Hitler's Germany. On the day she died, Vorse was planning her involvement in the movement against the Vietnam War.
Author | : Jane Paradise |
Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2022-05-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780764363610 |
The Outermost Houses Step back in time and into a place of refuge and renewal. Thisinsider's tour of the duneshacks of Provincetown, Massachusetts, combines photos and text to bringto life the world of these rustic structures scattered across the untamed landscapes of Cape Cod National Seashore.Nearly 100 colorphotographs explore exteriors and interiors of the 19 shacks, as well as thebreathtaking dune landscapes and ocean that batter and beautify them. Accompanyingquotations share stories of the eclectic people who stayed in and cared forthese places of solitude and creativity, including Henry David Thoreau, Ann Patchett, Tennessee Williams, Mary Oliver, Norman Mailer, Marsden Hartley, and Josephine Del Deo. This photographic journey is sure to inspire and evoke wanderlust in us all.
Author | : Nancy W. Paine-Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1922 |
Genre | : Provincetown (Mass.) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Karen Christel Krahulik |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2005-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0814747612 |
How did a sleepy New England fishing village become a gay mecca? In this dynamic history, the author explains why Provincetown, Massachusetts, --alternately known as "Land's End," "Cape-tip," "Cape-end," and, to some, "Queersville, U.S.A."--has meant many things to many people. 36 photos.
Author | : Peter McMahon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Architect-designed houses |
ISBN | : 9781935202165 |
In the summer of 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, rented a house on Planting Island, near the base of Cape Cod. Thus began a chapter in the history of modern architecture that has never been told _until now. The area was a hotbed of intellectual currents from New York, Boston, Cambridge and the country's top schools of architecture and design. Avant-garde homes began to appear in the woods and on the dunes; by the 1970s, there were about 100 modern houses of interest here.
Author | : Paul Lisicky |
Publisher | : Graywolf Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2020-03-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1644451158 |
A stunning portrait of community, identity, and sexuality by the critically acclaimed author of The Narrow Door When Paul Lisicky arrived in Provincetown in the early 1990s, he was leaving behind a history of family trauma to live in a place outside of time, known for its values of inclusion, acceptance, and art. In this idyllic haven, Lisicky searches for love and connection and comes into his own as he finds a sense of belonging. At the same time, the center of this community is consumed by the AIDS crisis, and the very structure of town life is being rewired out of necessity: What might this utopia look like during a time of dystopia? Later dramatizes a spectacular yet ravaged place and a unique era when more fully becoming one’s self collided with the realization that ongoingness couldn’t be taken for granted, and staying alive from moment to moment exacted absolute attention. Following the success of his acclaimed memoir, The Narrow Door, Lisicky fearlessly explores the body, queerness, love, illness, community, and belonging in this masterful, ingenious new book.
Author | : |
Publisher | : Aperture Direct |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-09-24 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781683952114 |
A safe haven for the queer community and a getaway for artists, the beach town of Provincetown, Massachusetts is a place defined by openness and tolerance. Throughout the late 1970s and early '80s, Joel Meyerowitz spent his summers there, roaming the seaside with an 8-by-10 camera, making exquisite, sharply observed portraits of Provincetown's progressive community. Provincetown collects one hundred portraits, most never before published, bringing viewers into an idyllic world of self-styled individualism.
Author | : Peter Manso |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2003-05-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0743243110 |
Rich with anecdotes about famous and infamous residents (Norman Mailer, Tennessee Williams, Marlon Brando), "Ptown" is a lively, penetrating, and occasionally shocking look at Provincetown, Massachusetts, by writer Manso, who has lived there for much of his life. 16-page photo insert.
Author | : Kathy Shorr |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Provincetown (Mass.) |
ISBN | : 9781889833330 |