Cape Cod National Seashore
Cape Cod National Seashore

Author: Daniel Lombardo

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738572840

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When Pres. John F. Kennedy established the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1961, it was acclaimed as the "finest victory ever recorded for the cause of conservation in New England." When erosion and overdevelopment threatened the Cape, the idea of a national seashore took hold, forever protecting this treasured place. The park preserves 44,000 acres of forest, marsh, bog, and ponds, and a 40-mile stretch from Provincetown to Chatham, which Henry David Thoreau called the "Great Beach." Unlike other national parks at the time, the Cape Cod National Seashore was created from a combination of private, town, state, and federal lands. Cape Cod National Seashore: The First 50 Years captures the political drama of the creation of this extraordinary seashore. Images detail an early Native American presence and the romance of whaling, shipwrecks, lighthouses, windmills, and dune shacks.

The Outermost House
The Outermost House

Author: Henry Beston

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2024-01-01

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 1504081714

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The classic nature memoir of Cape Cod in the early twentieth century, “written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty” (New York Herald Tribune). When Henry Beston returned home from World War I, he sought refuge and healing at a house on the outer beach of Cape Cod. He was so taken by the natural beauty of his surroundings that his two-week stay extended into a yearlong solitary adventure. He spent his time trying to capture in words the wonders of the magical landscape he found himself in thrall to. In The Outermost House, Beston chronicles his experiences observing the migrations of seabirds, the rhythms of the tide, the windblown dunes, and the scatter of stars in the changing summer sky. Beston argued: “The world today is sick to its thin blood for the lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot.” Nearly a century after publication, Beston’s words are more true than ever.

Good Night Cape Cod
Good Night Cape Cod

Author: Adam Gamble

Publisher: Good Night Books

Published: 2011-11-04

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 1602199035

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From lobsters and lighthouses to cranberry bogs and whale watches, this delightful board book will please young and old salts alike. It's the very first title published in the Good Night Books series and is still one of the most requested. This story includes scenic landmarks and ocean wildlife such as the Cape Cod Canal and bridges, herring runs, fishermen and ferryboats, beaches, Barnstable County Fair, Cape Cod clam bakes, seals, kettle ponds, peeper frogs, and more.

Cape Cod
Cape Cod

Author: Robert Finch

Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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Spine title reads: Cape Cod National Seashore. On cover: Official National Park Handbook. Describes the cultural and natural history of Cape Cod. Examines the land, the sea, and recent transformations in the peninsula. Provides a concise travel guide and reference materials.

Passport to Your National Parks
Passport to Your National Parks

Author: Eastern National

Publisher:

Published: 2016-08-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781590911761

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It's here! Now you can stamp your way through the entire National Park System with the newest addition to the Passport To Your National Parks line of products: the Collector's Edition Passport. Beauty and practicality meet artfully in this deluxe version of the popular Passport, taking you above and beyond the original by providing space for Passport stickers and cancellation stamps for every single park, as well as space for extra cancellations. The park sites are color-coded by region, each area featuring a color map that pinpoints park locations. With a spiral binding that makes it easy to lie open flat, a hard cover that ensures durability and longer life, and pages graced with beautiful color photographs, it's the ultimate stamping ground.

The Cape Cod National Seashore
The Cape Cod National Seashore

Author: Christopher Seufert

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764339950

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Embark on an adventure through the wilds of the most-hidden and beautiful spots in the Cape Cod National Seashore, on land and by airplane, in over 125 gorgeous color photos. With 43,000 acres, there are plenty of wonderful locations to discover. Wide-angle views of the beautiful flora and fauna of the seashore, as well as the historic spots that dot the natural landscape, will bring seaside scenes, dramatic coastal sunsets, and sandy, pristine landscapes to your armchair and provide a guide for your own, first-hand explorations. Among the beauty spots revealed are Ballston Beach, the now abandoned Truro Air Force Base, Provincelands, the Outer Beach, Bound Brook Island, Fresh Brook, Pleasant Bay, and Nauset Marsh. The past is also revealed, with images of long ago shipwrecks, the remains of the Wellfleet Marconi Wireless station, and artifacts from archaeological excavations, both historic and prehistoric. Come explore the shore that four million visit annually and discover why they come.

Cape Cod Modern
Cape Cod Modern

Author: Peter McMahon

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935202165

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In the summer of 1937, Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, rented a house on Planting Island, near the base of Cape Cod. Thus began a chapter in the history of modern architecture that has never been told _until now. The area was a hotbed of intellectual currents from New York, Boston, Cambridge and the country's top schools of architecture and design. Avant-garde homes began to appear in the woods and on the dunes; by the 1970s, there were about 100 modern houses of interest here.