| Preface | |
| Map: Location of Cohassett Beach | |
| Introduction | |
| Map: Cohassett Beach During World War II | |
| 1941 | |
| December 13 | Blackout |
| December 27 | A Wreath in the Window |
| 1942 | |
| January 3 | Soldiers at Dinner |
| January 10 | Civilian Defense Meetings |
| January 17 | Hysterics--Beans |
| January 31 | Dogs--Wildcats--Wolves |
| February 7 | Bread |
| February 14 | Men--Mothers--Menus |
| February 21 | Travel--Trousseau--Team Work |
| February 28 | American Tragedy |
| March 7 | Fun--Fear--Food |
| March 14 | Civilian Sorrows |
| March 21 | Cats as Cats Can |
| March 28 | National Emergencies |
| April 4 | Boys--Billets--Baths |
| April 11 | The Mechanized Army |
| April 18 | Health--Hollers |
| April 25 | Creation |
| May 2 | Figures--Farmers--Flyers |
| May 9 | Sugar |
| May 16 | Shapes--Shifts |
| May 23 | Business--Art--War |
| May 30 | Labor--Education |
| June 6 | Literature--Agriculture--Sports |
| June 13 | Labor--Industry--Science |
| June 20 | Sinks--Sonnets |
| June 27 | Sugar Shenanigans--Shadows |
| July 4 | Cranberries--Clams |
| July 18 | Catching--Cleaning--Cooking |
| July 25 | Dishes--Drains--Diplomacy |
| August 1 | The Vanishing Victuals |
| August 15 | Ducks--Donations--Dogs |
| August 22 | Houses--Hawks--Harvest |
| August 29 | Penalties--Parlors--Products |
| September 5 | The Kalaloch Cow |
| September 12 | Comings and Goings |
| September 19 | Traveling--Tinned Foods--Itinerants |
| September 26 | Penalties--Parlors--Products |
| October 3 | Animal Story |
| October 10 | War--Art--Agriculture |
| October 17 | Education--Sanitation--Astronomy |
| October 24 | October Days and Nights |
| October 31 | Sailor's Return |
| November 14 | Pete's Progress |
| November 28 | Country Life |
| December 5 | Economics |
| December 12 | Ways and Means |
| December 26 | Every Man for Himself |
| 1943 | |
| January 9 | Turn of the Year |
| January 16 | Frosty Weather |
| January 23 | Mutiny in the Pantry |
| January 30 | What's News? |
| February 7 | Wives and Mothers |
| April 10 | Ration Pains |
| April 17 | City Life |
| May 1 | Women at Work |
| May 8 | Mop Psychology |
| May 15 | Coming Up the Hard Way |
| May 22 | Local Geography |
| May 29 | Making the Most of Things |
| June 5 | How We're Doing |
| June 12 | Happy Combinations |
| June 19 | Fighting Words |
| June 26 | Peace Talk |
| July 3 | Tooling with Food |
| July 10 | Joe Takes Time Out |
| July 17 | Changing Times |
| July 24 | Other Ways Than Ours |
| August 7 | Defending Democracy |
| August 21 | Where to, Utopia? |
| August 28 | Chopping Wood |
| September 4 | Sea Changes |
| September 11 | Harvest Moon |
| September 18 | Harvest Moon |
| September 25 | Luncheon Party |
| October 2 | Men Must Work |
| October 16 | An Open and Shut Case |
| October 23 | Annabelle |
| October 30 | Big Game |
| November 6 | Rioteer |
| November 13 | What Every Woman Knows |
| November 27 | Polish the Kettle |
| December 4 | Classified Funnies |
| December 11 | The Next Best Thing |
| December 18 | Blundering Through |
| 1944 | |
| January 1 | Changing times |
| January 8 | Clams |
| January 22 | All Quiet |
| January 29 | Various Dinners |
| February 5 | House and Garden |
| February 12 | --and Pursuit of Happiness |
| February 19 | Local Gossip |
| February 26 | We, the People |
| March 4 | Things to Think About |
| March 11 | Bonfires--Dogs |
| March 18 | Home on the Range |
| March 25 | The Mayor's Parlor |
| April 1 | To Bee or Not to Bee |
| April 8 | Crime in the Country |
| April 15 | Alone--by the Telephone |
| May 6 | Wild Life |
| May 20 | Man vs. Nature |
| May 27 | What Every Sheriff Knows |
| June 3 | Live and Let Live |
| June 10 | Business as usual |
| June 17 | Down on the Farm |
| June 24 | June . . . on the Dunes |
| July 1 | Under Dog |
| July 8 | Natural History |
| July 15 | Archaeology |
| July 29 | Crop Failure |
| August 12 | Time & Tide |
| August 19 | Rewards of Toil |
| August 26 | Things to Come |
| September 2 | How to Write a Column |
| September 9 | The Ghost Ship |
| September 16 | More Mysteries |
| September 30 | Weatherman |
| October 7 | Getting Ahead in the World |
| October 21 | Good Hunting |
| October 28 | Taken for a Ride |
| November 4 | Buck Fever |
| November 11 | Turn of the Year |
| November 18 | Beach Business |
| November 25 | Club Night |
| December 2 | Business as Usual |
| December 9 | Local Improvement |
| December 16 | Night Life |
| December 23 | December |
| December 30 | The "Schoolhouse" |
| 1945 | |
| January 6 | Music in the Making |
| January 13 | Written in Sand |
| January 20 | The Pipe Dream |
| January 27 | Private Lives |
| February 3 | Making the Best of Things |
| February 17 | For Better or For Worse |
| February 24 | The Care and Feeding of Insects |
| March 3 | Our Lost Battalion |
| March 10 | Lights to Literature |
| March 17 | Down to the Sea |
| March 24 | Riding out a Gale |
| March 31 | Man vs. Nature |
| April 21 | Journey's End |
| April 28 | Work for a Living |
| May 5 | How to Build a Good Hot Coal Fire |
| May 12 | May Days |
| May 19 | One Man's Business |
| May 26 | News about Neighbors |
| June 2 | The Late Mr. Holmes |
| June 16 | June on the Dunes |
| June 23 | Getting Ahead of the World |
| June 30 | Natural History |
| July 7 | Time Marches On . . . |
| July 14 | Professional People |
| July 21 | Keeping in Touch with the World |
| July 28 | Sea Gardens |
| August 11 | Applied Science |
| August 18 | Modern Museum |
| Glossary | |
| Washington Geographical Names | |
| Map: Grays Harbor Area ca. 1941 | |
| Annotated Select Bibliography | |
| Photo Acknowledgments | |
| Index |
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