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Tag: Tarbox

John Updike, the Ipswich years

December 6, 2023February 1, 2026 Gordon Harris2 Comments
John Updike at his desk in Ipswich

In 1957, John Updike moved to Ipswich, where he and his family lived in the Polly Dole house on East Street for seventeen years. Updike'sย 1968ย novel Couples and severalย of his short stories were based in the fictional community Tarbox, which everyone knew was really Ipswich.

Posted in People, StoriesTagged 1957, John Updike, Tarbox
Ipswich MA historic photos by William Varrel

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Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Massachusetts by Abraham Hammatt
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ยฉ Gordon Harris 2026

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