# The great beach

Author: Hay, John, 1915-2011; Grose, David, 1922-2016 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75895

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+great+beach+Hay&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I suppose that anyone writing another book about Cape Cod can be convicted of temerity, in the face of such predecessors as the three Henrys--Thoreau, Beston, and Kittredge--as well as Dr. Wyman Richardson. However, each to his own eye. I write about the Cape because of the circumstances of living there, long enough to have begun to learn a little about it; also, the coast is long and the sea will not stop with the outer beach. All Americans who not only love nature but stand in awe of it will be more and more hard put to explain their reasons, as we crowd our magnificent land and diminish it in proportion to the size of our demands. In _The Great Beach_ are some of my reasons.

## Chapters

- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-great-beach-75895/chapters/11/index.md)