Henry Beston???s Cape Cod
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (June 4, 2018) ??? Since 1928, Henry Beston’s The Outermost House has been the definitive book about Cape Cod and is considered to be one of the greatest nature books ever written. Writer
Don Wilding tells the story behind Beston’s nature classic at the Weaver Library on Monday, June 18, 2018 at 7 pm. ??
Wilding discusses how The Outermost House inspired legislators in Washington to establish the Cape Cod National Seashore and how Henry Beston’s trail to Cape Cod began at the Battle of Verdun in France during World War I.
He also examines the influence that Henry Beston and his book had on Rachel Carson, other nature writers, and the American environmental movement.
Featured are archival photos and rough-cut footage from a Beston/Outermost House documentary film, now in production.
An award-winning newspaper editor, writer, and designer in Massachusetts??for 30 years, Wilding is now a contributing history columnist and photographer for newspapers on the Cape, and a regular speaker on Cape Cod lore in Massachusetts and across New England.
Weaver Library is located at 41 Grove Avenue, East Providence, RI.??
This program is free and open to all.
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