Eastham Historical Society
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Eastham Historical Society |
Publications of the society include:
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EASTHAM, of the Images of America series, co-authored by EHS archivists Marilyn Schofield and Roberta (Bobbie) Cornish, is a pictorial history of Eastham. Published in May, 2003, it includes over 200 photos taken over the last 150 years giving the reader an overview of our town in its earlier years. The book is available at the museums and other locations. To order by mail, write Eastham Historical Society Archives, P.O. Box 8, Eastham, MA 02642. $19.99 postage paid. MA residents please add $1.00 sales tax. |
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Nauset on Cape Cod - A History of Eastham. Compiled by Alice A. Lowe. 156 pages. Includes numerous photographs. $10.00 |
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Eastham Historical Society Cemetery Inscriptions Congregational & Soldiers Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Eastham, MA by Margaret Weiler $8.00 October, 1987 |
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Cove Burying Ground 1660 - 1770 Bridge Road Cemetery 1754 - 1886 A survey conducted in the Bi-centennial Year 1976 at Eastham showing the locations and names on all burial markers. $3.00 |
| A Map of Historic Eastham containing recommended tour routes and sites of historical interest. $2.00 |  |
Publications can be obtained at the museums, Brown's Superette, the National Seashore Visitor Center or by calling (508) 255-2960.
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Samoset Road-Cape Cod-USA by Stephen J. Grigas. A history of a road in Eastham circa 1850 to 1930 and of two families, the Clarks and the Nickersons, along with some others, both along an unpretentious path to Cape Cod Bay before it was a road. Numerous photos and illustrations of old Eastham. Available at Ace Hardware store in Eastham and the Eastham Superette. $22.95 |
Eastham native
and eleventh generation Cape Codder Donald Sparrow has
authored two books about Eastham. In Growing Up On Cape Cod: Four Brothers Learning to Stand Tall (1999) he tells of his
youthful years in Eastham. In his most recent publication A Cape Cod Native Returns: You Can Go Home Again (2002), he writes of his town after an absence of 40 years, relating life for him and his neighbors in Eastham prior to
WW2 as well as the changes that have occurred.
Copies may be ordered for $14.95 each, plus $2.00 for shipping, by writing Great Oaks Publishing, Box 1051, Eastham, MA 02642, Or by contacting Don by e-mail at d.sparrow@comcast.net
| The Little Imp of Cape Cod by Marston E. Daley. The author's life story including recollections of his living in Eastham and the restoration of the Swift- Daley House. 76 pages. $14.95 Available at the Swift-Daley House and the Schoolhouse Museum. |  |
Henry Beston's Cape Cod, a new 106 page book about Henry Beston and his experiences on Cape Cod, has been published by Outermost Web Site provider Don Wilding. The book tells of the legacy of Beston and his literary classic The Outermost House. Included are previously unpublished photographs, many supplied by friends and relatives of Beston. $12.95
