Henry Beston's Cape Cod with Don Wilding

Join us on Wednesday, September 14th, 2016 at 6:30 PM when Don Wilding of the Henry Beston Society, author of the book Henry Beston's Cape Cod, will present his multi-media program of slides and rough cut documentary film footage. The Henry Beston Society’s  goal “is to honor Henry Beston by stimulating interest in and promoting education about his life, works and philosophy — with emphasis on his time spent on Cape Cod in Massachusetts.  

Henry Beston’s 1928 book, The Outermost House, is now considered a classic of American Literature and has a devoted following among its readers. Beston (1888-1968) wrote the book after spending a solitary “year” in a 20x16 house on the dunes of Eastham on Cape Cod, using the house as a base while studying and observing the wonders of the elements in this glorious maritime setting.  In the words of the governor of Massachusetts, Endicott Peabody, in 1964: The Outermost House is considered to be one of the seminal works of today’s environmental movements and “is one of the reasons that the Cape Cod National Seashore exists today.”