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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
George Howe Colt

June 1st, 2004






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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home by George Howe Colt

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Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt returned for one last stay with his wife and children. 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.
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Author: George Howe ColtPublisher: ScribnerBinding: PaperbackLanguage: EnglishPages: 336

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