The Big House : A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home (Paperback)
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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  • ISBN-13: 9780743249645
  • ISBN-10: 074324964X
  • Publisher: Scribner Book Company
  • Publish Date: June 2004
  • Page Count: 336

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