Orion on the dunes
Subtitle: a biography of Henry Beston
By: Daniel Payne
Publisher: David R. Rodine, Publisher
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781567925494
Subjects: Naturalists; Biography; Authors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreground: a sense of place; title: A New England boyhood of sea and shore (1888-1915); title: A volunteer Poilu (1915-1916); title: The violence and imbecilities of men (1916-1919); title: Weary of armageddon (1919-1923); title: A gallant vagabond (1923-1926); title: Orion rises on the dunes (1926-1928); title: Henry and Elizabeth (1929-1932); title: The revelation of the earth (1932-1935); title: The divine consciousness and the soul of man (1936-1940); title: A naturalist looks at war (1941-1945); title: The cosmic chill (1945-1952); title: The minotaur downstairs (1953-1958); title: On the side of life (1959-1968); title: Epilogue.