The Henry Beston Society

"The Henry Beston Society, who keep Mr. Beston's wonderful lessons alive."
Endicott Peabody Jr.

October 2004

Additional Features

Outermost House tour

Honors for Beston's Maine
farm house, June 2009

Beston's 'Coronation'
remembered 40 years later (2004)

H.B. at Eastham's
Windmill Weekend 2004-08

Exhibit, A Sense of Place:
The Works of Beston, Hay and Finch (2008)

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Henry Beston wants you for the Board of Directors!

If you love Beston’s book, The Outermost House, want to help promote his philosophies and legacy, live on or near Cape Cod and have the skills to make things happen, then the Henry Beston Society’s board of directors needs you.

Lectures, exhibits, publications and a documentary film are just some of the exciting projects on the agenda, utilizing one of the largest Beston/"Outermost House" archival collections you’ll find anywhere! Join us in preserving the works of a Cape Cod icon who was a major inspiration behind the creation of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Call 508-246-7242 or e-mail henrybestonsociety@yahoo.com.

To become a member of the Henry Beston Society, click here.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Nita Wilding, Don Wilding,
Jon March, Kerrie March, Robby McQueeney, Bob Seay, Tim Sweeney.

"A Cape Cod Icon Returns"

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Beston Society co-founder Don Wilding tells the story of how the author of The Outermost House became the spiritual father of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

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Rebuild "The Outermost House"