{"product_id":"orion-on-the-dunes-a-biography-of-henry-beston-hardcover","title":"Orion on the Dunes: A Biography of Henry Beston - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel G. Payne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first biography of the writer\/naturalist, and one of the leading founders of the modern environmental movement, Henry Beston.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In September of 1926, Henry Beston spent a two-week vacation in a Cape Cod shack he'd built high on an isolated stretch of dunes overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. As he later wrote, \"the fortnight ending, I lingered on, and as the year lengthened into autumn, the beauty and mystery of this earth and outer sea so possessed and held me that I could not go.\" The resulting book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Outermost House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, is universally considered a classic of American nature writing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his later books, Beston explored the ways that the modern industrial era was endangering the vital connection between humankind and the natural world, and he is now recognized as a key figure in the twentieth century's conservation movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrion on the Dunes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, the first biography of Beston, scholar Daniel Payne--granted unrestricted access to the writer's archives and drawing on interviews with friends and family--has crafted a scrupulously researched narrative; one presenting a masterful portrait that traces the intellectual growth and tumultuous life of a vital American writer whose work and thought have exerted a tremendous pull on poets, naturalists, and novelists alike. This is the story of a life, at once hidden and transparent, that is here finally revealed.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholar Daniel Payne was granted unrestricted access to the writer's archives and drawing on interviews with friends and family and has crafted a scrupulously researched narrative; one presenting a masterful portrait that traces the intellectual growth and tumultuous life of a vital American writer whose work and thought have exerted a tremendous pull on poets, naturalists, and novelists alike. This is the backstory to a life at once hidden and transparent that is here finally revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 500\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46123711987909,"sku":"9781567925494","price":38.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/7NLgd4bM_e9781567925494.webp?v=1777010874","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/orion-on-the-dunes-a-biography-of-henry-beston-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}