Orion of the Dunes: A Biography of Henry Beston
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1567925499 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 500 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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As he later wrote, "the fortnight ending, I lingered on, and as the year lengthened into autumn, the beauty and mystery of this earth and outer sea so possessed and held me that I could not go." The resulting book, The Outermost House, is universally considered a classic of American nature writing, frequently compared to the works of Henry David Thoreau and John Burroughs. In September of 1926, Beston spent a two-week vacation in a Cape Cod shack he'd built high on an isolated stretch of dunes overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. A masterfu
Payne, a professor of English at SUNY College, Oneonta, teaches creative writing, screenwriting, non-fiction, and American literature. His books include Voices in the Wilderness: American Nature Writing and Environmental Politics (1996); The Palgrave Environmental Reader (2005); Writing the Land: John Burroughs and His Legacy (2008);
From the Inside Flap Scholar Daniel Payne was granted unrestricted access to the writer's archives and drawing on interviews with friends and family and has crafted a scrupulously researched narrative; one presenting a masterful portrait that traces the intellectual growth and tumultuous life of a vital American writer whose work and thought have exerted a tremendous pull on poets, naturalists, and novelists alike. . This is the backstory to a life at once hidden and transparent that is here finally rev
Eileen Sypher said Inspiring biography. Long overdue, this is an inspiring biography of one of America's foundational nature writers. Beston's is a voice that needs to be heard now more than ever!. "Couldn't be better. Bound to be the "standard" Beston bio for a long time to come." according to James Dugan. Truly outstanding. A very wonderful contribution to the literature.