Edition: 2016 Annual

She wrote of oceans and whales and other tales

Young Edgartown girl kept a journal while traveling with her family on a three-year whaling expedition   Never underestimate the power…

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Finding poetry in the commonplace

Edward Hopper’s interpretive paintings of everyday scenes continue to influence—and inspire—today Edward Hopper saw Cape Cod as no one else…

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A brief history of the cranberry—Cape Cod’s most important fruit

The Pilgrims were quick to embrace the versatile red berry Native Americans called sasumuneash, and American whalers and mariners used…

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The fascinating story of Fernbrook

Historic Centerville inn has ties to Hollywood, the Oval Office and more!      Built in 1881, the Fernbrook estate in Centerville…

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Prisoners on the peninsula

During World War II, Cape Cod had a busy POW camp The raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima,…

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CAPE COD LIFE’s 2016 student art contest–winners, details, and a slideshow

Inspired by the entries we received last year, we decided to host another art contest to help us illustrate the…

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A real-life blockbuster

Author Nathaniel Philbrick discusses the disaster of the whale ship Essex—and the new film bringing the story to life In…

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