Don Wilding's book, "A Brief History of Eastham: On the Outer Beach of Cape Cod," will be available from the History Press on July 17. The chapter lineup is as follows: 1. From Nauset to Eastham 2. Agricultural Assets: Asparagus and Turnips 3. The Windmill: Eastham’s Landmark 4. The Era of “Thumpertown” 5. The Eastham’s Railroad’s Golden Age 6. Nauset Light: The “Big Star” in Eastham 7. Storm Warriors: The Coast Guard in Eastham 8. Tales of the Eastham Rum Runners 9. The “Old

Highland Light in Truro may be one of the most significant landmarks on Cape Cod. Since 1797, it’s been a secure guiding light for mariners and landlubbers alike. “The sense of being farthest east, of being as near Europe as possible and still stand on American soil, of being on the outermost rim of a sea-going promontory, can be felt more keenly at the Highland Light bluff than elsewhere on Cape Cod, or, very likely for that matter, on our entire Atlantic shoreline,” wrote A