Photo 1/2
Galerie
Photo 1/2
Vous en avez un à vendre ?
The Big House: A Century in the Life o... par Colt, George Howe Autre format de livre
FREE US DELIVERY | ISBN: 0684845172 | Quality Books
11,57 USD
Environ9,99 EUR
État :
Très bon état
Livre qui ne semble pas neuf, ayant déjà été lu, mais qui est toujours en excellent état. La couverture ne présente aucun dommage apparent. Pour les couvertures rigides, la jaquette (si applicable) est incluse. Aucune page n'est manquante, endommagée, pliée ni déchirée. Aucun texte n'est souligné ni surligné. Aucune note ne figure dans les marges. La couverture intérieure peut présenter des marques d'identification mineures. Marques d'usure et déchirures mineures. Consulter l'annonce du vendeur pour avoir plus de détails et voir la description des défauts.
- Achat immédiatThe Big House: A Century in the Life o... par Colt, George Howe Autre format de livre
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Livraison :
Gratuit USPS Ground Advantage®.
Lieu où se trouve l'objet : Florida, États-Unis
Délai de livraison :
Estimé entre le mar. 12 août et le mar. 19 août à 94104
Retours :
Retour sous 30 jours. L'acheteur paie les frais de retour. Si vous utilisez un bordereau d'affranchissement eBay, son coût sera déduit du montant de votre remboursement.
Paiements :
Achetez en toute confiance
Le vendeur assume l'entière responsabilité de cette annonce.
Numéro de l'objet eBay :384150402857
Dernière mise à jour le 23 juil. 2025 12:53:10 CEST. Afficher toutes les modificationsAfficher toutes les modifications
Caractéristiques de l'objet
- État
- ISBN
- 0684845172
- EAN
- 9780684845173
- Date of Publication
- 2003-06-16
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Other book format
- Release Title
- The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
- Artist
- Colt, George Howe
- Brand
- N/A
- Colour
- N/A
À propos de ce produit
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
0684845172
ISBN-13
9780684845173
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2420625
Product Key Features
Book Title
Big House : a Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
United States / 20th Century, United States / Northeast / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), General, Customs & Traditions
Genre
Travel, House & Home, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
9.4 in
Item Weight
17 Oz
Item Length
1.2 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-191138
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
David HalberstamWhat a wonderful book. George Howe Colt has taken an original idea -- over four generations a house is a family and a family is a house -- and turned it into an uncommon success, becoming in the process the writer as family archaeologist. It's a book that stands in a line withThe Late George ApleyandThe Proper Bostonians., Alec WilkinsonThe Big Houseis about the long, slow separation from the beautiful past -- in this case a shingled house by the ocean, which Colt's ancestors built and his family occupied in the summer for generations. He writes gracefully, with restraint and deep feeling, and his book is a rare accomplishment., Adrian Nicole LeBlanc This book is a true thing -- a careful opening into the rooms of origin, ameditation on loss and loving, a tender exploration of the mysteries of family. That George Howe Colt is a poet makes us especially lucky to be privy to his keen and generous company. In the fullness of a narrative fantastic with stories of his extraordinary ancestry, he honors what is precious without sentimentality, expresses intimacy without self-absorption, his wisdom rooted in humor and humility. I read it by my father's bedside as he lay dying, and felt safe inside this special book. Even more, I felt the steadying wonder of life., Adam HochschildFrom the beautiful opening pages onward, you know you are in the hands of a masterful writer -- observant, subtle, eloquent at evoking the memories and feelings that rise up when our adult selves and childhood memories meet. ButThe Big Houseis more than that; George Howe Colt brings to life several generations of an entire extended family, and the reader, like someone growing from childhood to adulthood and like the reader of a fine novel, gradually learns that this book's charmed, alluring world is far more complex than it first appears.
Dewey Decimal
974.4/92043/092 B
Table Of Content
Contents Prologue: WinterPART ONEIArrivingIIThe Family TreeIII1963IVThe Discovery of Cape CodVRooftreeVIRenovationsVIIFishingVIIIThe North and South FacesIXThe BarnXPlain LivingXIMoneyXIISailingXIIITennisMidsummerPART TWOXIVHidden HouseXVThe Big CoveXVIMissing CardsXVIIRainXVIIIThe White ElephantXIXFull HouseXXFloridaXXILeavingEpilogue: Indian SummerNotes on SourcesAcknowledgments
Synopsis
In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty-two summers, Colt returned for one last August with his wife and young children.The Big House,the author's loving tribute to his one-of-a-kind family home, interweaves glimpses of that elegiac final visit with memories of earlier summers spent at the house and of the equally idiosyncratic people who lived there over the course of five generations.Built by Colt's great-grandfather one hundred years ago on a deserted Cape Cod peninsula, the house is a local landmark (neighboring children know it as the Ghost House): a four-story, eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, sloped roofs, and dormers. The emotional home of the Colt family, the Big House has watched over five weddings, four divorces, and three deaths, along with countless anniversaries, birthday parties, nervous breakdowns, and love affairs. Beaten by wind and rain, insulated by seaweed, it is both romantic and run-down, a symbol of the faded glory of the Boston Brahmin aristocracy.With a mixture of amusement and affection, Colt traces the rise and fall of this tragicomic social class while memorably capturing the essence of summer's ephemeral pleasures: sailing, tennis, fishing, rainy-day reading. Time seems to stand still in a summer house, and for the Colts the Big House always seemed an unchanging place in a changing world. But summer draws to a close, and the family must eventually say good-bye.Elegant and evocative,The Big Houseis both magical and sad, a gift to anyone who holds cherished memories of summer.
LC Classification Number
F72.C3C57 2003
Description de l'objet fournie par le vendeur
Informations sur le vendeur professionnel
Numéro de TVA : GB 922696893
À propos de ce vendeur
World of Books USA
87,1% d'évaluations positives•5,2 millions objets vendus
Inscrit comme vendeur professionnel
Évaluations du vendeur (1.559.561)
- i***3 (635)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéAs described. Thanks.
- a***n (556)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéHappy
- k***k (319)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéBook was as described & was in excellent condition. I wanted this book so bad & I’m stoked I found an excellent copy. It shipped fast & was packaged perfectly. The value for the price was outstanding! Extremely happy with transaction! A+++. Highly recommend! Thank you!
World of Books USA
87,1% d'évaluations positives•5,2 millions objets vendus
Inscrit comme vendeur professionnel
Évaluations du vendeur (1.559.561)
- i***3 (635)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéAs described. Thanks.
- a***n (556)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéHappy
- k***k (319)- Évaluations laissées par l'acheteur.Dernier moisAchat vérifiéBook was as described & was in excellent condition. I wanted this book so bad & I’m stoked I found an excellent copy. It shipped fast & was packaged perfectly. The value for the price was outstanding! Extremely happy with transaction! A+++. Highly recommend! Thank you!