The Resource The big house : a century in the life of an American summer home, George Howe Colt
The big house : a century in the life of an American summer home, George Howe Colt
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- Summary
- Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt returned for one last stay with his wife and children. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, the Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer's ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The big house : a century in the life of an American summer home
- Title
- The big house
- Title remainder
- a century in the life of an American summer home
- Statement of responsibility
- George Howe Colt
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- Big house
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- Historic buildings -- Massachusetts | Cape Cod
- trueLocal history
- trueVacation homes
- Vacation homes -- Massachusetts | Cape Cod
- Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Biography
- Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
- trueCape Cod, Massachusetts -- Social life and customs
- Colt family
- Colt, George Howe
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Faced with the sale of the century-old family summer house on Cape Cod where he had spent forty-two summers, George Howe Colt returned for one last stay with his wife and children. This poignant tribute to the eleven-bedroom jumble of gables, bays, and dormers that watched over weddings, divorces, deaths, anniversaries, birthdays, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers. Run-down yet romantic, the Big House stands not only as a cherished reminder of summer's ephemeral pleasures but also as a powerful symbol of a vanishing way of life
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2003
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
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- 158483
- Cataloging source
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- Colt, George Howe
- Dewey number
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- 974.4/92043/092
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- F72.C3
- LC item number
- C57 2003
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Colt, George Howe
- Colt family
- Historic buildings
- Vacation homes
- Cape Cod (Mass.)
- Cape Cod (Mass.)
- Target audience
- adult
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- a century in the life of an American summer home
- Label
- The big house : a century in the life of an American summer home, George Howe Colt
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- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9780684845173
- Lccn
- 2002191138
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- System control number
- 50912883
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- The big house : a century in the life of an American summer home, George Howe Colt
- Carrier category
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- nc
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- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- viii, 327 pages
- Isbn
- 9780684845173
- Lccn
- 2002191138
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- 50912883
Subject
- trueFamily secrets
- trueFamilies
- trueHistoric buildings
- Historic buildings -- Massachusetts | Cape Cod
- trueLocal history
- trueVacation homes
- Vacation homes -- Massachusetts | Cape Cod
- Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Biography
- Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Social life and customs
- trueCape Cod, Massachusetts -- Social life and customs
- Colt family
- Colt, George Howe
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