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Don Wilding has been an award-winning newspaper editor, writer, and designer in Massachusetts for 35 years. He is a contributing history columnist and photographer for Cape newspapers, a Cape tour guide, and a regular speaker on Cape Cod lore in Massachusetts and across New England.
A Brief History of Eastham:
On the Outer Beach of Cape Cod
ISBN: 9781625859044
First known as Nauset, Eastham was once home to the Nauset tribe for thousands of years before exploration by Champlain and the Pilgrims, and it is now known as the “Gateway to the Cape Cod National Seashore.” Whether it’s the U.S. Life-Saving Service and its shipwreck rescues, Cape Cod’s oldest windmill or tales of sea captains and rumrunners, Eastham is truly rich in history and tradition. Author Don Wilding wanders back in time through the Outer Cape’s back roads, sand dunes and solitary beaches to uncover Eastham’s fascinating past.
Henry Beston's Cape Cod
ISBN-9780989316309
Since 1928, Henry Beston's The Outermost House has been THE definitive book about Cape Cod. Don Wilding tells the story behind Beston's nature classic.
Learn about:
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How The Outermost House inspired legislators in Washington to establish the Cape Cod National Seashore;
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How Henry Beston's trail to Cape Cod began at the Battle of Verdun in France during World War I;
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The influence that Henry Beston and The Outermost House had on Rachel Carson, other nature writers, and the American environmental movement;
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The Cape Cod stories that you won't find in The Outermost House;
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The winter hurricane that claimed Beston's house in 1978.
Articles
PROVINCETOWN INDEPENDENT: Maurice's -- A Campground for Camaraderie / September 2020
CAPE COD LIFE: Cape Cod Rum Runners: Living on the Edge of the Law / July 2019
CAPE CODDER: Remembering the "Mayor of West Eastham", Noel Beyle / Sept. 22, 2017
CAPE CODDER: A look back at the 1932 Solar Eclipse on the Outer Cape / Aug. 18, 2017
CAPE CODDER: Saving the Stranded: Cape volunteers on rescue mission for turtles / Nov. 4, 2005
CAPE CODDER: The Truro Trekker: Farley conquers Appalachian Trail / April 8, 2016
CAPE CODDER: Witness to disaster at Krakatoa / Aug. 26, 2016
CAPE CODDER: Tales of the rum runners / Sept. 16, 2016
PROVINCETOWN BANNER: Outermost Birding with Beston / Sept. 22, 2016
CAPE CODDER: Recalling 'The Perfect Storm' / Oct. 28, 2016
CAPE CODDER: The Shrine of South Beach / Jan. 20, 2017
CAPE CODDER: A day for wireless hero Jack Binns / April 28, 2017
CAPE CODDER: Charley Paine: Marconi's messenger / May 11, 2017
CAPE CODDER: Review of Robert Finch's "The Outer Beach" / June 9, 2017
CAPE CODDER: When Eastham became an island / Feb. 5, 2016
CAPE CODDER: History and legend come together in graveyard tour / Sept. 3, 2015
CAPE CODDER: Dill Beach Camp from a Bygone Era / June 26, 2015
CAPE CODDER: Eastham Hiking Club tackles tough terrain / Dec. 4, 2015
CAPE CODDER: Edouard, king of the bridge backups / Aug. 21, 2015
PROVINCETOWN BANNER: Messing about in Provincetown houseboats / Aug. 6, 2015
BARNSTABLE PATRIOT / SUMMERSCAPE: Dune Shacks: Temples rise on the dunes / Summer 2004
CAPE COD NATIONAL SEASHORE 2003 ACTIVITY GUIDE: The Outermost House endures after 75 years
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