John Hay's Prose Inspires Earth Day Readers

"Hay’s Prose Inspires Earth Day Readers"
The Cape Codder, April 24, 2008

BREWSTER -- Before there was an Earth Day, in 1969, Brewster’s John Hay penned In Defense of Nature, an early plea for conservation and preservation.

So it was fitting that in his old hometown (the 93-year-old Hay now resides in Maine) on Earth Day In Defense of Nature was the book for discussion at Cape Cod Museum of Natural History, which Hay co-founded in 1954. ... ©

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Note that the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will unveil an exhibit, “A Sense of Place,” covering three Cape Cod naturalists, Hay, Robert Finch and Henry Beston, on May 28, 2008.