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Book Review of The Big House : A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

The Big House : A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
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Faced with the sale of the century-olf amily summer house on Cape Cod he had spent fourty-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, breakdowns, and love affairs for five generations interweaves Colt's final visit with memories of a lifetime of summers.