A Guide to Nature on Cape Cod and the Islands
Author : Greg O'Brien
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 13,82 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Cape Cod Region (Mass.)
ISBN :
Cape Cod and the Islands Reflections
Author : Christopher Seufert
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,55 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780764334054
Book Description
Over 200 stunning color photos provide a unique perspective on life in and around Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The author/photographer presents vistas and places beyond well-known tourist attractions, boats, and lobster buoys to provide a more expansive look of Cape Cod. Enjoy colorful tours of Provincetown, Wellfleet, Provincelands, Nantucket, Orleans, Martha's Vineyard, Brewster, Eastham, Chatham, Harwich, Falmouth, Sandwich, Dennis, and Barnstable; scenic beaches at Cape Cod National Seashore, Dionis, Nauset, Red River, Lighthouse, and Outer Beach, with wildlife refuges, regional wildlife, harbors, lighthouses, lobster shacks, architectural gems, and much more. Everyone who loves life along the seashore will treasure this book
Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands
Author : Andrew T. Eldredge
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738511573
Book Description
In 1848, the railroad extended to Cape Cod to serve the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company. By 1887, fourteen of the fifteen towns on Cape Cod were connected by the railroad. For a short time, even the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard had railroad lines. As the highways expanded in the years following World War II, the automobile became the primary mode of transportation. By 1959, year-round Cape Cod passenger service had been discontinued. Today, many miles of track have been removed to accommodate recreational bike paths.Using hundreds of historic images, Railroads of Cape Cod and the Islands illustrates the rich heritage of passenger and freight rail transportation on Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket. Mainland connections once involved transfer between ship and rail at wharves in Provincetown, Hyannis, and Woods Hole. Since 1935, trains have crossed the Cape Cod Canal on the world's second longest vertical-lift bridge.
Haunted Cape Cod & the Islands
Author : Mark Jasper
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0971954720
Book Description
Featuring nearly 50 paranormal events throughout the region, this book has the power to make even the most skeptical among us vulnerable to visits by uninvited guests. Best read by a crackling fire in a house that creaks on a howling snowy night, this collection explores Cape Cod and the Islands that were thought to no longer exist.
Celebrating Cape Cod & the Islands
Author : Kathryn Kleekamp
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 35,28 MB
Release : 2021-05-28
Category :
ISBN : 9780764361654
Book Description
With its rich history and outdoorsy traditions, the Cape Cod region is awash in lively, year-round festivals celebrating everything from agriculture to the arts. This entertaining, insider's look at more than three dozen rousing festivals takes readers on a year-round tour of the islands' food, culture, and cuisine. Over 150 color photographs and accompanying text provide an intimate view of fun events focused on film, food and wine, daffodils and hydrangeas, road and sailing races, and more. Included are dozens of authentic festival-related recipes from local chefs and restaurants for the home cook to try, making this book an inspiring reference for residents and frequent visitors.
Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands
Author : Jeanne Marie Carley
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,80 MB
Release : 2013-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780764345265
Book Description
With over 560 color photos and well-researched text, this book recounts the histories of the hard working, entrepreneurial people of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket and their role in this nation, as told through the folk art primitives the residents produced from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The art displayed includes the works of itinerant painters, domestic weavers and quilters, seminary school watercolorists, and carvers in wood, metal, and stone. Among these fascinating items are: paintings including portraits and silhouettes, landscapes and genre paintings; maritime art such as sculpture and scrimshaw; trade figures and signs; carousel art; wood carvings; weathervanes and whirligigs; religious and decorative art; textiles, including quilts and samplers; and gravestones. All of these beautiful and compelling works of art speak eloquently of the human aspirations sparked by the freedom and prosperity offered by the coasts and the bold, clear visual language that ordered these craftsmen's world.
Hydrangeas
Author : Joan Harrison
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9780764340550
Book Description
Moisture-loving hydrangeas find a perfect environment on Cape Cod and the Islands. The photographs in this book offer a look at the beautiful hydrangeas of all varieties that thrive here.
The Outermost House
Author : Henry Beston
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 26,93 MB
Release : 2024-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1504081714
Book Description
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.
A Field Guide to Cape Cod
Author : Patrick J. Lynch
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 42,7 MB
Release : 2018-11-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0300226152
Book Description
A richly illustrated full-color guide to the unique plants, wildlife, and environments of Cape Cod and the other nearby "Outer Lands" that face the Atlantic Ocean This essential guidebook presents the most abundantly illustrated and fascinating account of the natural history of Cape Cod, its nearby islands, Block Island, the western coast of Rhode Island, and southeastern Long Island ever published. Exploring the ecology and most common plants and animals of the various regional environments--beaches, dunes, salt marshes, heathlands, and coastal forests--the book also encompasses marine mammals, sea turtles, and fish offshore. For nature-loving local residents and visitors alike, this essential book will be a treasured resource.
Cape Cod and the Islands
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 14,76 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Cape Cod (Mass.)
ISBN :
