Big House A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

Name: Big House A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
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ISBN: 9780743249645

ISBN-10: 074324964X

ISBN-13: 9780743249645

Edition: 2003

Authors: George Howe Colt

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Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt returned for one last stay with his wife and children. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, the Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer's ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 6/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

George Howe Colt is the bestselling author of The Big House, which was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times notable book of the year, and November of the Soul: The Enigma of Suicide. nbsp;He lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife, Anne Fadiman, and their two children.



Prologue: Winter






Arriving



The Family Tree



1963



The Discovery of Cape Cod



Rooftree



Renovations



Fishing



The North and South Faces



The Barn



Plain Living



Money



Sailing



Tennis


Midsummer






Hidden House



The Big Cove



Missing Cards



Rain



The White Elephant



Full House



Florida



Leaving


Epilogue: Indian Summer


Notes on Sources


Acknowledgments