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Clarkson P. (Clarkson Paine) Bearse
1871–1952
A Cape Cod writer with firsthand ties to the coast, he is best remembered for writing about the dangers, rescues, and sea history of Monomoy Beach. His work draws on local knowledge and a life spent close to the communities he described.
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The tragedy of Monomoy Beach : The graveyard of the Atlantic
by Clarkson P. (Clarkson Paine) Bearse
About the author
Clarkson Paine Bearse was an American author born in 1871 and remembered especially for The Tragedy of Monomoy Beach: The Graveyard of the Atlantic. Available source material describes him as a native Cape Codder, and his writing is closely tied to the maritime history of that region.
Contemporary and archival references connect him directly to the life of coastal Massachusetts. He was described as a former member of the life-saving service or coast-guard station associated with the Monomoy disaster, and later served as postmaster in Harwich Port. Those experiences help explain the practical, local perspective that gives his best-known work its enduring interest.
Bearse died in 1952. While only a limited biographical record was easy to confirm, the surviving information presents him as a regional writer whose books preserve Cape Cod stories from someone who knew the shoreline and its people well.