Textbook Discounter: Architecture: The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

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The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
	Author: George Howe Colt Publisher: Scribner Category: Book List Price: ~~$14.95~~ Buy Used: $0.01 You Save: $14.94 (100%) New (62) Used (191) Collectible (4) from $0.01 Rating: 56 reviews Sales Rank: 329780 Media: Paperback Pages: 336 Number Of Items: 1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7 Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 ISBN: 074324964X Dewey Decimal Number: 974.4 EAN: 9780743249645 ASIN: 074324964X Publication Date: June 1, 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days


Editorial Reviews: Product Description 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.