The outermost house: a year of life on the great beach of Cape Cod
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New York : Viking Press, c1956, c1928 printing.
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Book
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ix, 222 pages ; 20 cm.
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The classic nature memoir of Cape Cod in the early twentieth century, "written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty" (New York Herald Tribune). When Henry Beston returned home from World War I, he sought refuge and healing at a house on the outer beach of Cape Cod. He was so taken by the natural beauty of his surroundings that his two-week stay extended into a yearlong solitary adventure. He spent his time trying to capture in words the wonders of the magical landscape he found himself in thrall to. In The Outermost House, Beston chronicles his experiences observing the migrations of seabirds, the rhythms of the tide, the windblown dunes, and the scatter of stars in the changing summer sky. Beston argued: "The world today is sick to its thin blood for the lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot." Nearly a century after publication, Beston's words are more true than ever.
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New London Adult Non Fiction
917.449
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English
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0670001260 :
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APA Citation (style guide)
Beston, H. (19561928). The outermost house: a year of life on the great beach of Cape Cod. New York, Viking Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Beston, Henry, 1888-1968. 19561928. The Outermost House: A Year of Life On the Great Beach of Cape Cod. New York, Viking Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Beston, Henry, 1888-1968, The Outermost House: A Year of Life On the Great Beach of Cape Cod. New York, Viking Press, 19561928.
MLA Citation (style guide)Beston, Henry. The Outermost House: A Year of Life On the Great Beach of Cape Cod. New York, Viking Press, 19561928.
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