Armchair Explorations
Eastern National Park & Monument Association, a nonprofit group that supports interpretive and scientific efforts at Cape Cod National Seashore, offers books, maps, and other Cape Cod items for sale at the park and by mail. For a free list of Cape Cod publications, including a special selection for children, write to the association at Salt Pond Visitor Center, Rt. 6, Eastham, MA 02642-2113. For a list of official handbooks about other national parks, write to the Division of Publications, National Park Service, P.O. Box 50, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425-0050.
Here is a partial list of books and booklets about Cape Cod and related subjects:
O’Brien, Greg, editor. A Guide to Nature on Cape Cod and the Islands. Written in cooperation with Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. Penguin Books, 1990.
Beston, Henry. Outermost House. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1928. Reprint First Owl Book Edition, 1992.
Burling, Francis P. The Birth of Cape Cod National Seashore. The Leyden Press, 1979.
Clark, Admont G. Lighthouses of Cape Code, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket: Their History and Lore. Parnassus Imprints, 1992.
Coulombe, Deborah A. Seaside Naturalist: A Guide to Nature Study at the Seashore. Prentice-Hall, 1984.
Dalton, J. W. The Life Savers of Cape Cod. Barta Press, 1902. Reprint Parnassus Imprints, 1991.
Finch, Robert. Common Ground: A Naturalist’s Cape Cod. David R. Godine, 1981; Outlands: Journeys to the Outer Edges of Cape Cod. David R. Godine, 1986; The Primal Place. W. W. Norton, 1983.
Hay, John. The Great Beach. Doubleday, 1963.
Kaye, Glen. Cape Cod: the Story Behind the Scenery. KC Publications, 1980.
Kittredge, Henry C. Cape Cod: Its People and Their History. Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Reprint Parnassus Imprints, 1987.
Martin, Kenneth. Some Very Handsome Work. Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1991.
Oldale, Robert. Cape Cod and the Islands: The Geologic Story. Parnassus Imprints, 1992.
Penniman, Augusta. Penniman Journal: A Whaling Voyage. Eastern National Park & Monument Association, 1988.
Quinn, William P. Shipwrecks Around Cape Cod. Lower Cape Publishing, 1973.
Teal, John and Mildred. Life and Death of the Salt Marsh. 1969. Reprint Ballantine Books, 1991.
Thoreau, Henry David. Cape Cod. Houghton Mifflin, 1864, and Penguin State, 1865. Reprint Parnassus Imprints with introduction by Robert Finch, 1984. Reprint Penguin Books with introduction by Paul Theroux, 1987.
Waldron, Nan Turner. Journey to Outermost House. Butterfly & Wheel Publishing, 1991.
Weinstein-Farson, Laurie. The Wampanoag. Chelsea House, 1989.
Willison, George F. Saints and Strangers. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1945. Reprint Parnassus Imprints, 1983.