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    <body><![CDATA[It was essential reading my first visit to Provencetown. I recommend it to anyone going for the first time or if they know the lay of the land like the back of their hand. It brings the places, architecture and landscape to life with some history of the place and some contemporary insight. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this while in Ptown for a week...learned some things I didn't know, like how houses were moved by barge to the West End in the early 20th century.  I also laughed at the things I did know- his description of Herring Cove is funny and dead on.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A vividly descriptive book about a special place. If you've ever been to Provincetown or are thinking of going, this is an interesting read to get a feel for the place and its people.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was told by the guy at the bookstore that this is a must own for anyone in love with Provincetown.  He said it is THE book to read when you are feeling homesick for your favorite city.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cunningham creates a portrait of Provincetown, MA-- a town with a character all its own. I have been to Provincetown many times and this slim volume gave me a better understanding of its history. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love his prose and perspective.  But I could take or leave Provincetown.  For any fans of his who wonder where the sand and bones theme comes from, I think this book does explain that.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cunningham's descriptions of Provincetown are simply stunning. After loving the two Crown Journeys books I've read thus far, I clearly need to read them all.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In this celebration of one of America&#8217;s oldest towns (incorporated in 1720), Michael Cunningham, author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize&#8211;winning <strong>The Hours</strong>, brings us Provincetown, one of the most idiosyncratic and extraordinary towns in the United States, perched on the sandy tip at the end of Cape Cod.<br/><br/>Provincetown, eccentric, physically remote, and heartbreakingly beautiful, has been amenable and intriguing to outsiders for as long as it has existed. &#8220;It is the only small town I know of where those who live unconventionally seem to outnumber those who live within the prescribed bounds of home and licensed marriage, respectable job, and biological children,&#8221; says Cunningham. &#8220;It is one of the places in the world you can disappear into. It is the Morocco of North America, the New Orleans of the north.&#8221;<br/><br/>He first came to the place more than twenty years ago, falling in love with the haunted beauty of its seascape and the rambunctious charm of its denizens. Although Provincetown is primarily known as a summer mecca of stunning beaches, quirky shops, and wild nightlife, as well as a popular destination for gay men and lesbians, it is also a place of deep and enduring history, artistic and otherwise. Few towns have attracted such an impressive array of artists and writers&#8212;from Tennessee Williams to Eugene O&#8217;Neill, Mark Rothko to Robert Motherwell&#8212;who, like Cunningham, were attracted to this finger of land because it was . . . different, nonjudgmental, the perfect place to escape to; to be rescued, healed, reborn, or simply to live <br/>in peace. As we follow Cunningham on his various excursions through Provincetown and its surrounding landscape, we are drawn into its history, its mysteries, its peculiarities&#8212;places you won&#8217;t read about in any conventional travel guide.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you love Provincetown, read this charming book.  If you haven't been to P-town, read this lovely book. If you've heard of Provincetown, get this book!]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Land's End: A Walk in Provincetown]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book, essentially a biography of Provincetown. I've never been, but Michael Cunningham expresses what he finds so magical about it.]]></body>
    
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