In a small house built on the dunes of Eastham, facing the open Atlantic, Henry Beston lived through a year of seasons on the outer beach of Cape Cod. He records migrating birds and battling gulls, the anatomy of a breaking wave, midwinter storms, wrecks and the coast guard patrols with their lanterns, and the slow return of spring.
A classic of American nature writing, read for its prose and its patient attention to sea, sand and sky. Download the free EPUB.