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Overview"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 changing summer sky. Beston argued that, ""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."" Seventy-five years after they were first published, Beston's words are more true than ever." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henry Beston , Robert Finch (Spalding University)Publisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: St Martin's Press Dimensions: Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 19.10cm Weight: 0.204kg ISBN: 9780805073683ISBN 10: 080507368 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 01 July 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA colorful and ever-changing chronicle of movement that approaches the magnificent. -- Boston Transcript <br><br> Clear and full of life. -- The Nation <br> A colorful and ever-changing chronicle of movement that approaches the magnificent. <i>Boston Transcript</i></p> Clear and full of life. <i>The Nation</i></p> A colorful and ever-changing chronicle of movement that approaches the magnificent. -- Boston Transcript Clear and full of life. -- The Nation A colorful and ever-changing chronicle of movement that approaches the magnificent. Boston Transcript Clear and full of life. The Nation Author Information"Henry Beston (1888 1968) wrote many books, including White Pine and Blue Water, Northern Farm, and The St. Lawrence. """ Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |