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"From shipwrecks to wild storms -- if it happened on the coast of Cape Cod, prolific author Don Wilding has written about it." -- Chatham Living By The Sea Magazine, 2024
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Don Wilding
Dec 19, 20172 min read
Take a Cape history journey with Don
Over the last 16 years, I’ve done a lot of talking, writing, and lecturing about the history of Outer Cape Cod. If you’re interested in...
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Don Wilding
Jul 21, 20171 min read
Peaked Hill's 'hero tried and true'
Cape Cod’s “Graveyard of Ships” on the outer bar claimed many victims during the late 19th century. The list of casualties may have been...
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Don Wilding
Mar 31, 20171 min read
Pre-Order 'A Brief History of Eastham'
Don Wilding's book, "A Brief History of Eastham: On the Outer Beach of Cape Cod," will be available from the History Press on July 17....
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Don Wilding
Sep 24, 20161 min read
Shipwreck on Peaked Hill Bars
During the 19th and 20th centuries, many lives were lost in shipwrecks along the outer beach of Cape Cod. Six of those casualties came...
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Don Wilding
Jul 26, 20161 min read
Tools of the lifesaving trade
Long before the Cape Cod Canal made life so much easier for mariners, ships had to make their way around the outer bars of the peninsula....
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Don Wilding
Jul 1, 20163 min read
Journey with Wilding into Outer Cape history this summer
Don Wilding, a co-founder of the nonprofit Henry Beston Society and Scribe of Cape Cod Lore, will present 14 Cape Cod history lecture...
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Don Wilding
Apr 11, 20161 min read
Surf men identities a mystery
Greetings Outer Capers -- I'm researching the U.S. Lifesaving Service on the Outer Cape for a couple of projects, and was provided this...
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Don Wilding
Mar 9, 20162 min read
Two new talks to debut
In addition to my regular “Henry Beston’s Cape Cod” Thursday night programs for the “Outermost House at the Schoolhouse” exhibit, I’ve...
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