Contents

Part 1	A Fragile Coastal Retreat	[4]
	A Cape for All Seasons	[7]

Part 2	A Great Arm in the Sea	[20]
	A Sliver of Sand	[23]
	The Bountiful Sea	[45]
	The Cape’s Transformation	[69]
	A Glacial Base	[26]
	The Restless Shore	[28]
	Wampanoag Indians	[32]
	Pilgrims First Landing	[34]
	The Cape Cod House	[38]
	Whaling’s Heyday	[48]
	Cape Codders and the Sea	[50]
	Fisheries	[54]
	Saltworks	[56]
	A Coastline Littered With Shipwrecks	[60]
	Lighthouses and Lifesaving	[62]
	Two Henrys: Thoreau and Beston	[72]
	The Cranberry Bog	[74]
	Marconi’s Wireless Station	[78]

Part 3	Guide and Adviser	[84]
	Visiting Cape Cod	[86]
	Map of the National Seashore	[88]
	The National Seashore	[90]
	Water Activities	[92]
	Whale-Watching	[94]
	Recreation Ashore	[96]
	Birdwatching	[98]
	Orleans, Brewster, and Chatham	[100]
	Eastham and Wellfleet	[102]
	Truro and Provincetown	[104]
	Nearby Attractions	[106]
	Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket	[107]
	Safety, Other Management Concerns	[108]
	Armchair Explorations	[109]

	Index	[110]

Preceding pages: The sun sets over Provincetown and the towering Pilgrim Monument. Such tranquil scenes can be misleading, for the Cape is a place of shifting sands and struggling grasses.

Part 1
A Fragile Coastal Retreat

Summer, fall, winter, spring, the interaction of the sea and the land is clearly evident on Cape Cod’s Outer Beach.

Part 1A Fragile Coastal Retreat

Part 1
A Fragile Coastal Retreat