Janet M. Daly, an author of two other books about Cape Cod, moved to Chatham in 1995 and lived there for thirteen years, moving to Hyannis in 2008. A retired business editor and videographer, she is a past president of the Chatham Historical Society. While producing a video, The Chatham Woman's Club: A Long Line of Dedicated Women, she became eager to learn more about her adopted hometown and its people. She is currently the director of the Cape Cod District of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in Massachusetts.
Chatham's location, spectacular coastline, bountiful resources of seafood, and a temperate climate attract people. First it was the Monomoyick tribe, then in the 17th century, English settlers who gave it...