| The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home Contributor(s): Colt, George Howe (Author) |
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ISBN: 074324964X ISBN-13: 9780743249645 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, Colt explores not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.62" W x 8.6" (0.68 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): 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. |