Outermost House A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

Name: Outermost House A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
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ISBN: 9780805073683

ISBN-10: 080507368X

ISBN-13: 9780805073683

Edition: 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Henry Beston

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The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, “written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty” (New York Herald Tribune) A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing. Henry Beston had originally planned to spend just two weeks in his seaside home, but was so possessed by the mysterious beauty of his surroundings that he found he “could not go.” Instead, he sat down to try and capture in words the wonders of the magical landscape he found himself in thrall to: the migrations of seabirds, the rhythms of the tide, the windblown dunes, and the scatter of stars in the…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 7/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.15" wide x 7.50" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Introduction



Foreword to the 1949 Edition



The Beach



Autumn, Ocean, and Birds



The Headlong Wave



Midwinter



Winter Visitors



Lanterns on the Beach



An Inland Stroll in Spring



Night on the Great Beach



The Year at High Tide



Orion Rises on the Dunes