A review by jen_jacob
Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town by Elyssa East

5.0

This is the second time that I've read this book and I love it even more now that I've been to Dogtown and experienced it first hand. I'm glad that I now own a copy of it and can read it whenever I want. Although it is a work of nonfiction, East has woven two stories together in a way that makes it read like fiction. Although I think that many, especially so many years after the Natti murder, are connecting the murder and setting together, I don't think that is a wise thing to do. I agree that Dogtown itself has a different feel however I found it to be inspiring instead of haunted. Perhaps had I been in the woods alone I would have felt otherwise and I certainly can see the strange way that the setting can get one lost and turned around. This is a must read for anyone that visits Cape Ann, as is a walking tour of Dogtown.