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This is the story of the Bigelow and Hilyard clans, from their first years on America’s shores, through the fury of her wars and the glory of her triumphs, to our own time when young Geoff Hilyard must fight to save both his marriage to a Bigelow heir and the windswept coast he loves. It is a struggle that will take him deep into the past, to a centuries-old feud that never died...and on a dangerous quest for a priceless relic of American history that has lain hidden in the Cape for over two hundred years.

In the early 1850s, Henry David Thoreau took many meditative walks along the coast. In Cape Cod he reflects on these beach-combing trips and the powerful forces of the sea.

Compiled from magazine articles published in the 1850s after his death, Cape Cod details several short trips Thoreau made to "the bare and bended arm of Massachusetts" between 1849 and 1855. "He went to the Cape out of curiosity," explains Paul Theroux, "but in the course of his travel a great thing happened: Thoreau, the woodsman and landlubber, discovered the sea."

From the introduction by David L. Ulin: "For me, Cape Cod is a repository of memory: forty summers in the same house will do that to you. But it is also a landscape of hidden tensions, which rise up when we least anticipate. In part, this has to do with social aspiration, which is one of the things that brought my family, like many others, to the Cape. In part, it has to do with social division, which has been a factor since at least the end of the nineteenth century, when then summer trade began."

Discover the enchanting world of Cape Cod Stories, a collection of eleven captivating short stories originally published as “The Old Home House.” Written by Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944), an esteemed American author known for his novels, poems, and short stories, this work transports readers to a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincolns charming tales often graced the pages of popular magazines like the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator. With a talent for spinning yarns that uplift and inspire, Lincoln created narratives that celebrate the warmth of community, even as America faced ...

Elf Jahre ist es her, dass ein verhängnisvolles Ereignis auf Cape Cod Andrew Hunters Familie entzweite. Er kehrte dem Familiensitz Sunset Cove den Rücken und blickte nie mehr zurück. Doch nun zwingen berufliche Probleme und der Gesundheitszustand seines Vaters ihn heimzukehren. Auf der Halbinsel erwarten ihn nicht nur die Erinnerungen an Sommer voller Lebensfreude, abenteuerliche Segeltörns und Freundschaft. Hier lauern auch die Schatten seiner ersten Liebe, Holly Clark. Sie lebt noch immer auf Cape Cod.

Rezumat:Utilizarea codului de recomandare MEXC „mexc-1944” este o modalitate sigură și eficientă de a debloca beneficii exclusive de la schimbul criptografic MEXC. MEXC acordă prioritate confidențialității și securității utilizatorilor, asigurându-se că codurile de recomandare sunt aplicate în siguranță în timpul înregistrării, fără a necesita informații personale suplimentare.Utilizatorii MEXC pot crea coduri personale de recomandare pentru a invita pe alții și pentru a câștiga comisioane prin programul de afiliere MEXC. Aceste recompense, inclusiv comisioanele ...

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