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  • The Firelight Fairy Book

    by Henry Beston ...
    "Grown-ups" arrogate entirely too much to Themselves. I know this is so. I discovered it for a fact when I was not more than "knee-high to a grasshopper" myself. I knew, for example, that a certain amount of dirt on my face and hands in no way interfered with my enjoyment of my supper. The fact that my finger nails were not all They should have been had no bearing whatsoever upon The efficiency of ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Starlight Wonder Book

    by Henry Beston ...
    Once upon a time, during a great battle which was fought through the night in a tempest of lightning and rain, a brave young grenadier came upon one of the enemy lying sorely wounded on the field. Taking pity upon his foeman, the soldier bound up his wounds and carried him from the battle to the shelter of a little wood. Scarce had the wounded youth opened his eyes, when amid a blinding flash of ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Sons of Kai: The Story the Indian Told

    by Henry Beston ...
    The country of the Navahos lies south and west of the Rocky Mountains on a great tableland lifted up into the sky. It is a country of canyons and deserts, mountains and wild pasture lands arched over by the bluest sky in all the world. The sun there seems bigger than our northern sun, and he treads the sky each day like a proud Indian god in a feather headdress of gold and fire. When a Navaho ... Read more

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  • The Book of Gallant Vagabonds

    by Henry Beston ...
    Here was a man who was born with two great gifts, one the most precious in the world, the other the most perilous. The first was an abounding physical vitality which made the casual business of being alive a divine adventure, the second, an imagination of the sort which refuses discipline and runs away with the whole mind. The adventure begins in the spring of the year 1772 with the farmers of the ... Read more

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  • Full Speed Ahead: Tales from the Log of a Correspondent with Our Navy

    by Henry B. Beston ...
    A London day of soft and smoky skies darkened every now and then by capricious and intrusive little showers was drawing to a close in a twilight of gold and grey. Our table stood in a bay of plate glass windows over-looking the embankment close by Cleopatra's needle; we watched the little, double-decked tram cars gliding by, the opposing, interthreading streams of pedestrians, and a fleet of coal ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

    by Henry Beston ...
    East and ahead of the coast of North America, some thirty miles and more from the inner shores of Massachusetts, there stands in the open Atlantic the last fragment of an ancient and vanished land. For twenty miles this last and outer earth faces the ever hostile ocean in the form of a great eroded cliff of earth and clay, the undulations and levels of whose rim now stand a hundred, now a hundred ... Read more

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  • The Outermost House

    A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod

    by Henry Beston ...
    The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, "written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty" ( New York Herald Tribune ).A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach, The Outermost House has long been recognized as a classic of American nature writing. Henry Beston had originally planned to spend just two weeks in his seaside home, but was so possessed by ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • A Volunteer Poilu

    Echoes of Courage: A Soldier's Poetic Journey through World War I

    by Henry Beston ...
    In "A Volunteer Poilu," Henry Beston offers a poignant and immersive account of his experiences as an American volunteer during World War I, specifically within the French Army. Written in lyrical prose, the book juxtaposes the brutality of war with the profound moments of humanity and camaraderie among soldiers. Beston'Äôs reflections encapsulate the disillusionment and valor prevalent among the ... Read more

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  • The Book of Gallant Vagabonds

    Enriched edition. Tales of Courage and Wanderlust: A Literary Journey with Gallant Vagabonds

    by Henry Beston, Jenna Kirkland ...
    In "The Book of Gallant Vagabonds," Henry Beston eloquently chronicles the adventures of a spirited cast of characters who live on the fringes of society. Employing rich, lyrical prose that evokes the beauty of the natural world, Beston blends travel writing with personal reflection, constructing a vivid tapestry that captures the essence of wanderlust and the human experience. Within this work, ... Read more

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  • The Starlight Wonder Book

    by Henry Beston ...
    In this book, readers can expect a series of enchanting tales and reflections inspired by the wonders of the natural world and the mysteries of the universe. The title suggests a sense of wonder and awe at the beauty of the night sky and the stars above, with each story likely exploring different aspects of the cosmos and our place within it.Beston's writing style typically includes lyrical prose, ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Northern Farm

    A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm

    by Henry Beston ...
    In the tradition of his well-loved The Outermost House, Henry Beston's Northern Farm captures "the elusive magic of a year on a Kennebee farm...in truly beautiful prose" ( Kirkus Reviews). Among the blue-white shadows and graceful curves of freshly fallen snow, the first rains of spring, and the quiet green of an early summer morning, Beston brings the reader into an inescapable alliance with the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • A Volunteer Poilu

    by Henry Beston ...
    A Volunteer Poilu is a firsthand account of Henry Beston’s experiences as an American volunteer in the French army during World War I. The term "Poilu" refers to French infantry soldiers, particularly those who fought on the front lines. Beston, inspired by a sense of duty and a desire to contribute to the war effort against the Central Powers, offers a personal narrative that captures both the ... Read more

    $1.33 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus