Cape Cod National Seashore: The First 50 Years

by Daniel Lombardo

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738572840
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/12/2010
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,065,834
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Daniel Lombardo has been the Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater dramaturg and literary manager since 2005. He is a writer and theater director and has worked on many television and film projects as a research consultant. He is the author of 10 books, including Wellfleet: A Cape Cod Village.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Wilderness and the First Peoples 11

2 The Romance of Old Cape Cod 17

3 The Loss of Innocence 35

4 Prelude to Cape Cod National Seashore 41

5 John F. Kennedy and the Cape Cod Model 47

6 The Early Years of Cape Cod National Seashore 61

7 Beaches and Lifeguards 73

8 Rangers and Specialists in the Field 81

9 Growing Popularity and Growing Pains 97

10 The Next 50 Years 115

Editorial Reviews

Title: Images of America: Cape Cod National Seashore: The First 50 Years

Author: Melanie Lauwers

Publisher: Cape Cod Times

Date: 08/01/2010



Here's another wonderful offering in Arcadia Publishing's photography series, this one by Daniel Lombardo, literary manager at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. As with all the hundreds of titles in this series (search www.arcadiapublishing.com to see if your town has been written about), the book consists of photos with extensive captions. From page to page, the story is told. Although the Cape Cod National Seashore only goes back 50 years, the story of the land goes back to early times.

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