The outermost house

Henry Beston

About this book

Long recognized as a classic of American nature writing. This chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach was written in longhand at the kitchen table, in a little room overlooking the North Atlantic and the dunes. In 1964, the Cape Cod house was officially proclaimed a National Literary Landmark. In 1978, a massive winter storm swept it off its foundation and out to sea.

Subjects

  • biography
  • birds
  • birds, united states
  • cape cod (mass.), description and travel
  • description and travel
  • large type books
  • massachusetts, biography
  • natural history
  • natural history, united states
  • naturalists