Truro: The Story of a Cape Cod Town

We traversed with delight new reaches of the shore . . . one mile there was as good as two elsewhere. —Henry David Thoreau describing Truro in Cape Cod Like Thoreau, all who venture to Truro experience sheer delight at their first glimpse of this fabled coast. The Outer Cape's hauntingly beautiful beaches have been attracting tourists since their discovery. Yet, as longtime resident Richard Whalen expertly chronicles in Truro: The Story of a Cape Cod Town, there is far more to Truro than it...