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The Northern Farm

The Northern Farm

A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm

by Henry Beston
Publication Date: 15/06/1994

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In the tradition of his well-loved The Outermost House, Henry Beston's Northern Farm captures the elusive magic of a year on a Kennebec farm ... in truly beautiful prose ( Kirkus Reviews ). Among the blue-white shadows and graceful curves of freshly fallen snow, the first rains of spring, and the quiet green of an early summer morning, Beston brings the reader into an inescapable alliance with the natural world. He translates the philosophy of the Maine farmer into terms as applicable in Manhattan as on the Kennebec. One of the great classics of American nature writing, Northern Farm is inspiring reading and ranks as one of Beston's most memorable and lyrical works.
ISBN:
9780805030921
9780805030921
Category:
Rural communities
Publication Date:
15-06-1994
Language:
English
Publisher:
Henry Holt & Company
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
190.5x130.05x18.03mm
Weight:
0.24kg
Henry Beston

Henry Beston (1888-1968) was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and educated at Harvard. He wrote many books in his lifetime, including a memoir of his years in the volunteer ambulance corps in the First World War, an account of life in the US Navy and a book of fairy tales. The Outermost House, widely considered his masterpiece, was published in 1928. His Cape Cod house was named a National Literary Landmark in 1964, and it was destroyed by a huge winter storm in 1978.

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