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Series
Language
English
Description
Unlike other national parks a the time, the Cape Cod National Seashore was created from a combination of private, town, state, and federal lands. [This book] captures the political drama of the creation of this extraordinary seashore. Images detail an early Native American presence and the romance of whaling, shipwrecks, lighthouses, windmills, and dune shacks. -- P.[4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
2012]
Physical Desc
vi, 150 p. : ill. (b&w), map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Description
On March 19, 2012 the Cape Cod National Seashore demolished five barrier beach homes threatened by sea level rise. It was only the latest skirmish in the ongoing battle over the use of this fragile caprice of nature. --P. [4] of cover.
9) Dune shacks
Author
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
n.d.]
Physical Desc
1 v. : chiefly col. ill., maps ; 23 x 16 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Publisher
distributed exclusively by MVD Visual
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 DVD : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of bohemian designers, inspired by European modern architecture, built houses on Cape Cod that married principles of the Bauhaus school to centuries-old local architecture. The establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1959 meant that homes built after 1959 became the property of the park on the death of the owners. This film examines the impact of the park's eminent domain on the people whose houses would have to be given to the...
Publisher
[Saltbox Productions]
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr, 5 min) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A group of bohemian designers, inspired by European modern architecture, built houses on Cape Cod that married principles of the Bauhaus school to centuries-old local architecture. The establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1959 meant that homes built after 1959 became the property of the park on the death of the owners. This film examines the impact of the park's eminent domain on the people whose houses would have to be given to the...
Author
Series
Cultural landscape publication volume no. 10
Publisher
Olmstead Center for Landscape Preservation, National Park Service
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
xvi, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Mooncusser Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
77 pages : chiefly color photographs ; 21 X 26 cm + 1 DVD.
Language
English
Description
Chatham photographer Christopher Seufert's journal of his 3-week stay in the wilderness of the dune shacks at the Cape Cod National Seashore on the Atlantic coast of Massachusetts includes a DVD video tour.
Author
Publisher
Truro Historical Society
Pub. Date
2011.]
Physical Desc
1 video disc : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bill Burke is Cultural Resource Manager and Park Historian at the Cape Cod National Seashore. He discusses the challenges of the last fifty years in establishing and setting the direction for the Seashore, as well as new challenges and issues faced by the Seashore and the local communities with which it is intertwined.
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