The Wardens of Cape Cod

About this book

In 1923, Heny Beston, author of The Outermost House traveled to Cape Cod on assignment for the magazine 'The World’s Work'. He wanted to tell the story of the coastguardsmen who worked the “wild, breaker beaten miles”It was an assignment that proved to be the turning point of his literary career. The editors at have meticulously transcribed the original December 1923 article and enhanced the text with early 20th century photographs of the surfmen, shipwrecks and coastguard stations of 'Old Cape Cod'.