The Outermost House
A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
Published on 25. July 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-911590-14-9 (ISBN)
Description
Henry Beston planned to spend only two weeks in his newly built cottage on the outer beach of Cape Cod. As summer drifted into autumn, however, he found himself so entranced by the landscape's rhythms and beauty that he could not bear to leave.
Settled in his isolated house facing the North Atlantic, Beston spent a year immersed in the raw, elemental life of the great beach around him. Observing the migrations of seabirds, savage winter storms and the constantly shifting interactions between sea and shore, he wrote of the passing seasons in ecstatic, riveting detail.
Long out of print in the UK, The Outermost House is a vital precursor to today's prominent nature writers. Impassioned and richly layered, it is a matchless evocation of the spirit of a place and the enduring appeal of the wild.
Settled in his isolated house facing the North Atlantic, Beston spent a year immersed in the raw, elemental life of the great beach around him. Observing the migrations of seabirds, savage winter storms and the constantly shifting interactions between sea and shore, he wrote of the passing seasons in ecstatic, riveting detail.
Long out of print in the UK, The Outermost House is a vital precursor to today's prominent nature writers. Impassioned and richly layered, it is a matchless evocation of the spirit of a place and the enduring appeal of the wild.
Reviews / Votes
Beston reminds us of the transformative power of nature, its ability to heal, renew and sustain... Haunting, brave, breathtakingly beautiful * Isabella Tree, author of Wilding: The Return of Nature to a British Farm * Clear and full of life * The Nation * Written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty * New York Herald Tribune * A colorful and ever-changing chronicle of movement that approaches the magnificent * Boston Transcript * Beston reminds us of the transformative power of nature, its ability to heal, renew and sustain... Haunting, brave, breathtakingly beautifulMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pushkin Press
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 131 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
222 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911590-14-9 (9781911590149)
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Henry Beston (1888-1968) was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard. He wrote many books in his lifetime, including a memoir of his years in the volunteer ambulance corps in the First World War, an account of life in the US Navy and a book of fairy tales. The Outermost House, widely considered his masterpiece, was published in 1928. His Cape Cod house was named a National Literary Landmark in 1964, and it was destroyed by a huge winter storm in 1978.