Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Born on February 13, 1870, in Brewster, Massachusetts, Joseph Crosby Lincoln became one of the best-known literary chroniclers of Cape Cod. After his father’s death, Lincoln’s mother moved the family to Chelsea, near Boston, but the Cape remained central to his imagination and writing.

Lincoln wrote novels, short stories, and poetry, many of them set in a fictionalized version of Cape Cod. His work appeared in popular magazines including the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator, helping bring his humorous portraits of coastal life to a wide audience.

His stories often look back fondly on an older, more familiar Cape Cod as America entered an era of rapid urbanization and industrial change. Lincoln died on March 10, 1944, leaving behind a substantial body of work devoted to the people, speech, and traditions of the region he knew so well.