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| The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home | 
 enlarge | Author: George Howe Colt
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
List Price: $26.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (57 reviews)
Sales Rank: 392968
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.2
ISBN: 0684845172
Dewey Decimal Number: 974.492043092
EAN: 9780684845173
ASIN: 0684845172
Publication Date: May 20, 2003
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Product Description
A dual history of the Colt family and their summer house on Cape Cod recounts the house's construction one hundred years earlier, the idiosyncratic personalities that stayed there throughout five generations, the major family events that took place there, and the family's last month in the house. 25
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 Syrup December 13, 2008
I love the rich nuanced delicacy of pure syrup--just not 319 self-indulgent pages of it.
 Loved this book September 26, 2008
I read this book two years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Wings Neck is a beautiful spot that we take our boat by frequently. I think I've finally figured out which house the book refers to! The story is thought-provoking, funny,and sad. All the things that make for a great reading experience. Enjoy!
Heartbreaking March 31, 2008
I'm on p. 199, reading this in Tel Aviv while keeping my ill sister-in-law company (I'm from California). I have lived every page, every lush detail, and now it's becoming so heartbreakingly sad. I'm in a foreign culture, reading about another very different foreign culture (Boston Brahmins), and reading this book helps me to understand BOTH better.
The Big House March 17, 2008
I enjoyed reading "The Big House" and have recomended it to several friends. Anyone in the Boston and Cape Cod area or enjoyed summer vacations on the cape would enjoy the book, I highly recommend. I purchased this book from a review, and because it is a true story about real people and an area I have visited. It covered facets of my life. It told how the family used the house and each generation was interested in the previous generations, from the relative that build the house to the present time. It is a good read.
 Big house, small story February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lots of padding in this book. Hard to read as it was only mildly interesting. It just scraped in for a 3 star rating.
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