Especially Maine; The Natural World of Henry Beston from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence.

by Henry Beston

Book by Beston, Henry

Genres: Nature

198 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1970

About the author

Henry Beston was an American writer and naturalist, best known as the author of The Outermost House, written in 1925.

Reviews

[Mark Mortensen]

This book provides excerpts from Henry Beston’s most popular book “The Outermost House” pertaining to Cape Cod, however the thrust of this book covers the seasons and nature around his farmhouse in Nobleboro, Maine. Beston’s wife Elizabeth Coatsworth provided the introduction. Their Chimney Farm, located inland from Boothbay was their residence for 36 years until Beston’s death. The book provides a glimpse of Maine life among nature in earlier days.

[Mark]

Over the past couple of years, I've haunted New England used bookstores (in all five states, actually) in casual search, along with browsing, of Henry Beston's classic The Outermost House. It is, I find, a surprisingly scarce little book, given its high status as a classic of nature writing. Last week, I found this book, published by Brattleboro, Vermont's Stephen Greene Press in 1976, for sale at a used bookstore in downtown Rockland, Maine. It's a reader, with selection from a number of Mr. Beston's books (including those he wrote about his time in Damariscotta, Maine, just down the road from Rockland). I don't generally like readers; this one, however, earns five stars on the ethic it espouses in such gorgeous prose. Very highly recommended. It is time Henry Beston's voice is heard again in our mad and maddening world.

[Beverly]

Have read much of the Outermost House material. The part from American Memory was very interesting.

What would Henry have to say about global warming nowadays?