Henry Beston
Henry Beston was an American writer and naturalist born in 1888.
After serving as an ambulance driver in World War I, he built a small cottage on Cape Cod in 1925, intending to stay for two weeks.
Captivated by the natural beauty, he remained for a year, documenting his observations in The Outermost House.
This experience profoundly influenced his writing career, establishing him as a prominent nature writer.
Beston married fellow author Elizabeth Coatsworth and continued writing about nature and rural life in Maine.
His work is noted for its poetic style and deep reverence for the natural world.
Beston's legacy includes inspiring later environmental writers like Rachel Carson.
