The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Just could not force myself to finish this book and I usually read 2-3 books a week! If I had to read one more line about bird tracks in the sand, I think I would scream! Wonderful book if you have a case of insomnia. Will definitely put you to sleep!! "

" Such liquid, magical prose! "

" A vivid picture of shore life over the course of an entire year. Written in the 1920's from a shack on the great shore of Cape Cod. "

" Like Thoreau, except more poetic. In a word, sublime. "

" The work of a literary naturalist, rather Walden-ish. His descriptions of waves, storms and birds are spellbinding. Especially good if you've been to Cape Cod and if you haven't been will make you want to go. "

" Would like to have seen the Cape back when this was written. Pleasant view of the natural history of the beach and dunes through the seasons. Especially liked his observation that people (even then) no longer embrace the night but rather fear it and keep it a bay with lights. He made me long to see the peace and beauty of true night with no human lights to disturb it. The view out my bedroom window is destroyed by mercury lights from a nearby plaza. Also enjoyed learning about how the Coast Guard worked back in the 20's with watchers walking the beach through the night carrying lanterns to signal when they came across a problem. "

" rather too focused on the birds of the cape and not enough on the other aspects of staying alone on the Cape...disappointing...some small sections of bad storms and shipwrecks but not enough to hold my interest. "

" Inspirational and evocative. Should be required reading. "

" a great book to sit and enjoy with a cup of tea. oh to be able to have a cabin on the ocean.... "

" Anyone who loves the outer Cape Cod will read the OuterMost beach". Beston's book of his life in the little house on the great beach infuses the energy and quality og that part of Cape Cod. "

" Started to read this for book club, but nature writing is just not my thing. "

" Loved it! ..worth reading once a year.while on the beach.... "

" I'm enjoying this much more now than I did 40 years ago. "

" Beston spends a year in a Cape Cod beach in a two-room house and observes the ebb and flow of wildlife, weather, and the seasons. His reflections on a year of nature are just the kind I'd like to write. "

" The prose is stately and old-fashioned, but Beston really has a way of vividly describing the rolling of the waves, the endless winds, and the stars on his silent beach. It's hard to imagine that there's no silence like that any more. "

" Loved reading about Henry Beston's year staying on Cape Cod alone at Outermost House. If you enjoy nature writing, Thoreau, and/or meditations on nature and life (or simply Cape Cod), you will enjoy this. "

" A short, but wonderful book, written by one of our nation's early environmentalists. "

" Beautiful compact little book about a year on Lifeguard Beach, Wellfleet, Cape Cod. Follows the seasons, the sounds, the wildlife and birds, and the tragedies and joys of living right on the ocean. Clearly, comes close to home for me, and I adored every page. "

" Found someone to pass this who lives on cape code. Perfect for her! "

" A nature writing masterpiece. So very lovely. "

" The prose is stately and old-fashioned, but Beston really has a way of vividly describing the rolling of the waves, the endless winds, and the stars on his silent beach. It's hard to imagine that there's no silence like that any more. "

" earth, water, wind, fire; eyes, ears, nose, toes; the experience of life alone on a beach for four full seasons. Read the book before you try it yourself. "

" This book is not for everybody, but I love it, and enjoy going back to it. "

" Apparently I don't enjoy nature writing. I only made it to page 15. "

" Started to read this for book club, but nature writing is just not my thing. "

" Like Thoreau, except more poetic. In a word, sublime. "

" Loved it! ..worth reading once a year.while on the beach.... "

" I've read this book several times before, but I'm missing the Cape lately, so I'm reading it again. It brings me right back into the world of the dunes and the sea, in all its moods....like coming home again. "

" Lyrical writing about a year spent in a small home on a Cape Cod beach in the late 1920s. "

" Too many details on the natural events on the beach for me, even though I am intrigued by New England. Felt like work. If it was a people story with those details slipped in, I might have enjoyed it. "

" This book is meant be read and look at, it does not make a very good audio book. The author describes his life at his Cape Cod cottage so well that I wanted to look at photographs not listen to text. "