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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:George Howe ColtSeries:An Award-Winning MemoirPublish date:2004-06-08Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780743249645ISBN-10:074324964XUPC:9780743249645Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:8.60 x 5.62 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCAJDSS5Z9
Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt recounts returning for one last stay with his wife and children in this stunning memoir that was a National Book Award Finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, The Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer's ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scribner Book CompanyISBN-13:9780743249645ISBN-10:074324964XUPC:9780743249645Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Personal Memoirs, United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:8.60 x 5.62 x 0.82 inchesWeight:0.6812Product ID:SCAJDSS5Z9
Colt, George Howe: - George Howe Colt is the bestselling author of The Big House, which was a National Book Award finalist and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year; Brothers; November of the Soul; and The Game. He lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife, the writer Anne Fadiman.
Publisher: Scribner Book Company

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