Items related to Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Essays on the natural history of the Cape Cod region of New England document changes in the environment, and in the author's life. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, like every other place, is but a small corner of the planet. Yet it contains multitudes, as the nature writer and editor Robert Finch demonstrates in this lively set of essays. In the title piece, which opens the book, he muses on a fellow occupant of his study, a spider that, one day, does in a yellow hornet that has incautiously wandered into her web. There is no cruelty in the spider's act, Finch notes, only a quiet affirmation of the unsentimental ways of nature, in which death follows and even presupposes life. Other essays consider the unhappy fortunes of a beached whale, one that evidently had not found enough to eat at a crucial stage in its growth; the comings and goings of migratory birds and bats; the movement of sand dunes; the falling of autumn leaves; and the eternal power of the ocean. In limning the landscapes of Cape Cod, shaped by humans as much as by the sea, Finch shows that one need not wander into the wilderness to find nature in abundance; his gentle reflections on the small details of daily life are models of compression and careful observation.
About the Author:
Although some of the essays are tinged with melancholy--as befits any consideration of matters of life and death, and of the passage of the years--they collectively celebrate a place that has captured the hearts of many, and will long do so. Or, as Finch writes, "How lucky are we who live in proximity to such a landscape, that has such easy powers to lift us out of our narrow lives and self-made blinders, and so seduce us into seeing who we really are!" --Gregory McNamee
Robert Finch is the author of four previous books, and co-editor of The Norton Book of Nature Writing. He lives in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCounterpoint
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1582431388
- ISBN 13 9781582431383
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 13.66
Shipping:
US$ 2.64
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Death of a Hornet : And Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Softcover
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 548242-n
Buy New
US$ 13.66
Convert currency
Seller Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays (Paperback or Softback)
Published by
Counterpoint LLC 3/23/2001
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Paperback or Softback
Quantity: 5
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays 0.75. Book. Seller Inventory # BBS-9781582431383
Buy New
US$ 16.31
Convert currency
Seller Image
Death of a Hornet: and Other Cape Cod Essays by Finch, Robert [Paperback ]
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Soft Cover
Quantity: 10
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. This item is printed on demand. Seller Inventory # 9781582431383
Buy New
US$ 18.38
Convert currency
Stock Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # ABLIING23Mar2811580071155
Buy New
US$ 14.49
Convert currency
Stock Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. . Seller Inventory # 52GZZZ01ILQ6_ns
Buy New
US$ 20.66
Convert currency
Stock Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.82. Seller Inventory # bk1582431388xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
US$ 20.97
Convert currency
Stock Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Softcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.82. Seller Inventory # 353-1582431388-new
Buy New
US$ 20.97
Convert currency
Stock Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # I-9781582431383
Buy New
US$ 21.00
Convert currency
Stock Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Penguin Random House LLC
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
PAP
Quantity: 15
Seller:
Rating
Book Description PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # IQ-9781582431383
Buy New
US$ 26.72
Convert currency
Stock Image
Death of a Hornet and Other Cape Cod Essays
Published by
Counterpoint
(2001)
ISBN 10: 1582431388
ISBN 13: 9781582431383
New
paperback
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Revised ed. Special order direct from the distributor. Seller Inventory # ING9781582431383
Buy New
US$ 16.95
Convert currency