| House on Nauset Marsh: A Cape Cod Memoir Contributor(s): Richardson, Wyman (Author), Finch, Robert (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0881506451 ISBN-13: 9780881506457 Publisher: Countryman Press OUR PRICE: $20.85 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2005 Annotation: A physician and writer, naturalist and ornithologist, Dr. Wyman Richardson spent many years of his life on Cape Cod. His HOUSE ON NAUSET MARSH, first published in 1947, is one of the great classic of Cape Cod literature and a fine piece of nature writing--a lyrical, keenly observed portrait of a much loved land and its inhabitants. 45 line drawings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Essays - Travel | United States - Northeast - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) |
| Dewey: 508.744 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.60 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Dr. Wyman Richardson lived the life of a busy, and distinguished, physician, practicing in Boston and teaching at the Harvard Medical School, but here is recorded his other lifethe one closest to his heart. Cape Cod, and, more specifically, his humble farmhouse on Nauset Marsh, was his refuge. First published in 1947, The House on Nauset Marsh presaged later authors who discussed such subjects as the intelligence, language, and emotions of animals. His observances of fog, time, bird language, the wind and weather touch upon the philosophical. Little could escape Wyman Richardson's gaze in his activities and at restreflecting on the shifting moods of land and sea, the denizens of salt marshes and woods, and the personalities and stories of the Cape Codders of a gentler time. |
Contributor Bio(s): Richardson, Wyman: - Wyman Richardson, physician and writer, was also an amateur naturalist and ornithologist. He spent many years of his life on Cape Cod, on and off from his boyhood until his death in 1953.Finch, Robert: - Robert Finch has lived on Cape Cod for forty years, currently in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. He is the author of seven collections of essays, most recently of his radio scripts for his weekly commentary, "A Cape Cod Notebook," on the Cape and Islands NPR Station, WCAI. |