Henry Beston

Broschiertes Buch

The Outermost House

A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

Illustrator: Hoare, Philip

Beschreibung

A rediscovered classic of American nature writing: the poetic account of a solitary year observing the wild beauty of Cape Cod.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pushkin Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 131mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 224g
• ISBN-13: 9781911590149
• ISBN-10: 1911590146
• Artikelnr.: 56536320