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Mark Patton

MARK PATTON is a former US Fisheries enforcement officer, police officer, and Falmouth and Woods Hole Area’s Director of Natural Resources. He is also the author of the novel The Haunting of Westminster Abbey

Posted on December 24, 2020January 6, 2021 by Mark Patton

From Jim Crow to George Floyd – a street view of US policing

MARK PATTON takes a personal view of the sad trajectory of US race relations I was five. It was 1957. My recently divorced father had custody of me for the weekend. What I can recall from such a distant time, is that we had been traveling down a rural state road outside of Toledo, Ohio.…

Posted on October 18, 2020October 22, 2020 by Mark Patton · 2 Comments

When gentlemen adventurers step ashore

Cape Cod MARK PATTON traces cultural, ecological and personal histories on Cape Cod I have lived on Cape Cod for 53 years. During much of this time, I served as the Falmouth and Woods Hole area’s director of Natural Resources. My other jobs included helmsman on the research vessel Chain, enforcement officer for the U.S.…

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