Beston felt that “the world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things.” This statement, penned almost one-hundred years ago, I believe, holds true today. This classic of American nature writing highlights our need for nature, in its most wild and pure.

Classic Literature, American Nature WritingAnnalece HunterJanuary 4, 2022Henry Beston, The Outermost House, Nature Writing, American Literature, Cape Cod Comment