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The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, "written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty" (New York Herald Tribune)
A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing. Henry Beston had originally planned to spend just two weeks in his seaside home, but was so possessed by the mysterious beauty of his

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2) A Guide to nature on Cape Cod and the islands

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book - Special, eBook, Kindle, Reference

3) The enduring shore: a history of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket

Author

Schneider, Paul

Language

English

Formats

Description

Book, Book - Special, Large Print, Reference

Provides natural and human history of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket, covering Native American and European inhabitation, shipwrecks, hurricanes, sperm whales, religion, and revolution.

4) The run

Author

Hay, John

Series

Natural history library volume N40

Language

English

Formats

5) The outer lands: a natural history guide to Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Block Island, and Long Island

Author

Sterling, Dorothy

Series

Doubleday anchor natural history book AO-116

Language

English

Formats

6) The house on Nauset Marsh

Author

Richardson, Wyman

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book - Special, eBook

7) A wild, rank place: one year on Cape Cod

Author

Gessner, David

Publisher

University Press of New England

Language

English

Formats

Description

A young writer confronts life, death, and literary ancestors amid the stark beauty of Cape Cod.

8) The primal place

Author

Book, Book - Special, Large Print, Reference

Language

English

Formats

9) The great beach

Author

Hay, John

Language

English

Formats

10) Common ground: a naturalist's Cape Cod

Author

Language

English

Formats

11) The nature of Cape Cod

Author

Schwarzman, Beth

Publisher

University Press of New England

Pub. Date

Physical Desc

xi, 434 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Language

English

Formats

12) The Outer Beach: a thousand-mile walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic shore

Author

Publisher

W.W. Norton & Company, independent Publishers since 1923

Pub. Date

[2017]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

327 pages : map ; 25 cm

Language

English

Formats

Book, Book - Special, Large Print, Reference

13) The salt house: a summer on the dunes of Cape Cod

Author

Huntington, Cynthia

Language

English

Formats

14) Outlands: journeys to the outer edges of Cape Cod

Author

Publisher

D.R. Godine

Pub. Date

1986

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

175 p. : map ; 21 cm.

Language

English

Formats

15) Walks & rambles on Cape Cod and the islands

Author

Friary, Ned

Series

Walks and rambles guide

Publisher

Backcountry Publications

Language

English

Formats

16) Death of a hornet, and other Cape Cod essays

Author

Publisher

Counterpoint

Pub. Date

c2000

Physical Desc

xiv, 268 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Formats

17) Cape Cod at three miles an hour: a sense of place that can only be learned on foot

Author

Baldwin, Lee W

Publisher

Harwich Conservation Trust

Pub. Date

2002

Physical Desc

xiv, 210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Formats

18) The sandy shore

Author

Hay, John

Publisher

Chatham Press

Pub. Date

[1968]

Physical Desc

64 p. illus. (part col.) 16 x 24 cm.

Language

English

Formats

Description

A presentation of life along the shores of Cape Cod, covering the different zones of plant and animal life such as the tidal flats or the unprotected shore, and its birds, bivalves, pebbles, and fish.

19) Cape Cod Bay: a history of salt & sea

Author

Barbo, Theresa M

Publisher

History Press

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

124 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.

Language

English

Formats

20) Cape Cod seashore life

Author

Giambarba, Paul

Series

New England illustrated volume no. 1

Publisher

Scrimshaw Pub

Pub. Date

1966

Physical Desc

80 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Formats