Henry Beston
Henry Beston was a founding spirit of the modern environmental movement. A New England naturalist, he had his first great success with Outermost House , the journal of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach. Mr. Beston's "chosen home," however, was a farm in Maine where he wrote Herbs and the Earth .
Henry Beston was a founding spirit of the modern environmental movement. A New England naturalist, he had his first great success with Outermost House , the journal of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach. Mr. Beston's "chosen home," however, was a farm in Maine where he wrote Herbs and the Earth . See less
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Henry Beston book reviews
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Outermost House
A Book for the man in his late 20's
by John C, Feb 5, 2012
This is an extremely well written book, it flows like poetry. This is a characteristic of Henry Beston found in his writing about country life. It without saying so is one man's method of finding a ... Read More
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The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod
My favorite observer of the Out-of-Doors
by Keleroth, Nov 13, 2008
Beston describes a year as observed from the outermost house on Cape Cod. That house has been swept away by waves and wind but in this book that year is revealed with great clarity for all time. You ... Read More
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Outermost House
Environmental Wonder
by Bingen1, Oct 10, 2009
Reading Beston's book was like going back to the early 20th century and knowing that environmentalists were better than we are today. He writes about an area I have visited and have come to love. ... Read More
