author
Marillis Bittinger
1927–1967
Best remembered for lively Cape Cod storytelling, this mid-century writer blended local folklore, humor, and a strong sense of place. Her work turns old legends, everyday characters, and coastal history into warm, memorable tales.
1 Audiobook
Tall tales of Cape Cod
by Marillis Bittinger
About the author
Born in 1927 and dying in 1967, Marillis Bittinger is a little-documented American writer whose surviving published work is closely tied to Cape Cod. Project Gutenberg lists Tall Tales of Cape Cod as her book, originally published in the United States by The Memorial Press in 1948, and catalog records also connect her with Your Cape Cod.
In the introduction to Tall Tales of Cape Cod, she explains that some stories came from her own imagination while others were drawn from older Cape traditions, local conversation, and early books. That mix gives her writing an easy, conversational charm: part folklore collection, part humorous fiction, and part affectionate portrait of regional life.
Because so little biographical material is readily available, her books do most of the talking for her. What comes through clearly is a writer deeply interested in the legends, speech, and personality of coastal Massachusetts, and especially in preserving the feel of Cape Cod for readers.