Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town explained

Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town is a 2009 creative nonfiction book by Elyssa East, an American writer. It chronicles a murder that occurred in an area known as Dogtown, Massachusetts, just outside Gloucester, in 1984. As part of her research for the book, East interviewed the murderer, Peter Hodgkins, in prison.[1] This nonfiction book won the 2010 L. L. Winship/P.E.N. New England Award and has been critically reviewed.[2] According to East, the book was inspired in part by the paintings of Dogtown by Marsden Hartley.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Q&A with Elyssa East author of 'Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town' | Atlanta Arts and Culture . 2011-06-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111118030302/http://blogs.ajc.com/arts-culture/2010/02/24/qa-with-elyssa-east-author-of-dogtown-death-and-enchantment-in-a-new-england-ghost-town/ . 2011-11-18 . dead .
  2. Web site: Elyssa East. Simon & Schuster.
  3. Web site: January 2010: Books: Dogtown Days: Elyssa East - Boston Magazine . 2011-06-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111117112707/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts_entertainment/articles/dogtown_days_elyssa_east/ . 2011-11-17 . dead .

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