Source: The Outermost House, 1928, p. 25: Ch 2
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The Outermost House

The Outermost House is a book by naturalist writer Henry Beston. It was published in 1928 by Doubleday and Doran and is now published by Henry Holt and Company in New York City. It chronicles a season spent living on the dunes of Cape Cod.
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The Outermost House, 1928