Orion on the dunes : a biography of Henry Beston / by Daniel G. Payne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Payne, Daniel G., 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beston, Henry, 1888-1968.

Beston, Henry.

Naturalists--Massachusetts--Biography.

Naturalists.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Massachusetts.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Biography of Henry Beston

Place of Publication:

Jaffrey, New Hampshire : David R. Rodine, Publisher, 2016.

Summary:

Devotees of The Outermost House (and they are legion) will be profoundly grateful for Daniel Payne's superb biography of Henry Beston, a man who wrote one of the enduring classics of American nature writing, but whose life story until now has remained largely untold. Among its many virtues, Orion on the Dunes unearths the forces that shaped Beston's remarkable book, forces carefully hidden but deeply felt by anyone who has ever read it. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreground: a sense of place

A New England boyhood of sea and shore (1888-1915)

A volunteer Poilu (1915-1916)

The violence and imbecilities of men (1916-1919)

Weary of armageddon (1919-1923)

A gallant vagabond (1923-1926)

Orion rises on the dunes (1926-1928)

Henry and Elizabeth (1929-1932)

The revelation of the earth (1932-1935)

The divine consciousness and the soul of man (1936-1940)

A naturalist looks at war (1941-1945)

The cosmic chill (1945-1952)

The minotaur downstairs (1953-1958)

On the side of life (1959-1968)

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-381) and index.

ISBN:

9781567925494

1567925499

OCLC:

959328361