About This Book
The summer of 1916 brought radical changes to the little Cape Cod fishing village, Provincetown. These changes, wrought by a group of leftist intellectuals, writers, artists and activists, forever altered, some say for the worse, some for the better, the character of the sleepy seaside town. However, nearly everyone agrees that their legacy, the Provincetown Playhouse, that began in a battered fishing shack on the end of pier that summer was, and still is, an outstanding contribution to the town. This book provides a new look at the principal characters of this particular, seemingly well known story, namely, radical journalist Jack Reed, writer Louise Bryant, his lover, and her lover Eugene O'Neill the morose drunken playwright. Those who knew O'Neill claimed that his plays were consistent purgings of his own ravaged soul. However, although these characters have been endlessly studied, written about, and portrayed in Hollywood movies such as REDS, never before have they been seen through the eyes of the young girl whose life was changed that summer simply because she was young, pretty, innocent...and captivated by a handsome famous man. Her secret, never before revealed until the author became the recipient of this long held family secret, alters the family histories of two families, one on each side of the Atlantic. It alters all that has previously been known about that fateful summer and the characters whose mark was left not only on the town but on the larger history of their time. A must read for anyone who is familiar with the principal characters, and all who are looking for something new and fascinating to grab their attention. When you finish the book and still want to know more about the Russian Revolution, a new fact filled and captivating book, A Vision They Died For, by Kenneth Simpson is available on Kindle and Amazon.
