Project Gutenberg 2024-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 269 Beston, Henry 1888 1968 Beston, Henry B. Sheahan, Henry Edouard The outermost house : $b A year of life on the great beach of Cape Cod $aGarden City, NY :$bDoubleday, Doran and Company, $c1928, pubdate 1929. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outermost_House The beach -- Autumn, ocean, and birds -- The headlong wave -- Midwinter -- Winter visitors -- Lanterns on the beach -- An inland stroll in spring -- Night on the great beach -- The year at high tide -- Orion rises on the dunes. Steve Mattern, Joeri de Ruiter and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod" by Henry Beston is a nature memoir written in the late 1920s. The work chronicles the author's experiences living in a small house on Cape Cod, immersing himself in the rhythms of nature, wildlife, and the changing seasons. Beston reflects on the beauty of the beach, the intricate life it supports, and his profound connection to the natural world surrounding him. At the start of the narrative, Beston sets the scene by vividly describing the geographical features of Cape Cod and the solitude of his coastal dwelling, dubbed the Fo'castle. He reflects on the rich ecosystem of the beach, including the interplay of land and sea, and expresses gratitude for the assistance he received from local neighbors and friends during his construction of the house. The opening establishes not just the physical space but also Beston’s emotional and spiritual engagement with the natural environment, hinting at the reflections and observations he will share throughout his year on the beach. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20230220083758beston 1928 US Reading ease score: 71.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Naturalists -- United States -- Biography Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Description and travel Beston, Henry, 1888-1968 Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Cape Cod Birds -- Massachusetts -- Cape Cod QH Text Category: Travel Writing Category: Nature/Gardening/Animals 341119 2025-06-29T05:43:28.130438 text/html 312425 2024-04-03T14:26:34 text/html 3227234 2025-06-29T05:43:37.718377 application/epub+zip 3223155 2025-06-29T05:43:31.917427 application/epub+zip 554192 2025-06-29T05:43:29.549420 application/epub+zip 3874929 2025-06-29T05:43:41.412899 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3837771 2025-06-29T05:43:35.904419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290554 2025-06-29T05:43:27.325468 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 270690 2024-04-03T14:26:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17610 2025-06-29T05:43:41.552856 application/rdf+xml 19600 2025-06-29T05:43:30.213412 image/jpeg 3387 2025-06-29T05:43:29.875422 image/jpeg 13662109 2025-06-29T05:43:28.372509 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia