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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 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.
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The Big House, George Howe Colt
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
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- Titel
- The Big House
- Ondertitel
- A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- George Howe Colt
- Uitgever
- Scribner
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2004
- Formaat
- Paperback
- Aantal pagina's
- 336
- ISBN10
- 074324964X
- ISBN13
- 9780743249645
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Sociale Wetenschappen, Historisch thema, Biographies, Handleidingen en Gidsen, Architectuur, Familie, Autobiografie en memoires, Verenigde Staten, 20e Eeuw, Amerikaanse Literatuur, Biografieën, Sociologie, Herinneringen, Leven, Verleden, Mysterieus, Geschiedenis van de VS, Wonen & Decoratie, Kindertijd, Kritiek, Huis, Sociale Geschiedenis, Tradities en Gewoonten, Generaties en generatieverschillen, Architectuurtheorie, Voorouders
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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 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.