About This Book
The author, a native Cape Codder and former lifesaving station crewman, recounts a deadly lifesaving disaster off Monomoy Beach and places it within the region's shifting sand dunes, treacherous shoals, and violent tide rips that earned the coast its graveyard reputation. Blending personal memory, local reportage, and descriptive natural history, he reconstructs the storm, the loss of nearly all surfmen, the community’s alarm and mourning, and the recurring maritime hazards that produced numerous wrecks. The account is supplemented with historical sketches, decorative page art, and an honor roll recording local remembrance.