This report is about people living on an edge, an unstable edge of
sand arcing into the North Atlantic at the tip of Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. They are dune dwellers, self-reliant mavericks
choosing to live seasonally in fragile shacks perched on a ridge of
barrier dunes above the sea. Here in winter, the empty shacks are
exposed to battering northeast storms from the open ocean. From
spring through fall when the shacks are used, they are bathed with
reflected light from unrestricted horizons. The shacks float on
what some dune dwellers call a "liquid earth," dunes that move, an
unstable landscape of sand, wet berry bogs, thorny heaths, and
stunted patches of pitch pine and oak. For generations the special
qualities at the cape's farthest end have drawn fishers, artists,
writers, and authentic eccentrics, forming into distinctive
communities and establishing roots. It's a wondrous edge, the dune
dwellers assert, offering solitude, new vistas, and creative
energy. It's why they've lived there in simple shacks for
generations, to be intimately connected to it, purposively exposed
on the outer edge of the continent.
General
| Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2014 |
| First published: |
April 2014 |
| Authors: |
U.S. National Park Service
|
| Dimensions: |
280 x 216 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
72 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4991-9316-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-4991-9316-5 |
| Barcode: |
9781499193169 |
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