A classic of Cape Cod literature and a great piece of nature writing, The House on Nauset Marsh is a lyrical, poignant and often humorous work of a much-loved land and the people who called it home in a simpler time.
Dr. Wyman Richardson lived the life of a busy and distinguished physician, practicing in Boston and teaching at the Harvard Medical School; but here is recorded his other life—the one closest to his heart. Cape Cod, and, more specifically his humble farmhouse on Nauset Marsh, was his refuge. First published in 1947, The House on Nauset Marsh presaged later authors who discussed such subjects as the intelligence, language, and emotions of animals. His observances of fog, time, bird language, the wind, and weather touch upon the philosophical. Little could escape Wyman Richardson's gaze in his activities and at rest—reflecting on the shifting moods of land and sea, the denizens of salt marshes and woods, and the personalities and stories of the Cape Codders of a gentler time. |