A compelling collaboration of two naturalists in celebration of the holiday season. "WITH WARM GOOD WISHES FROM CHIMNEY FARM IN MAINE.
by [Beston, Henry], MacDonald, Thoreau, illustrator
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This card is personally addressed to long-time friend and photographer Clayton Smith "With Merry Christmas, too, to house and household! Henry and Elizabeth Beston". Postmarked from Chimney Farm in Nobleboro, Maine. While undated, likely 1952 (based upon postage stamp).
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This is a compelling collaboration of two naturalists in celebration of the holiday season.
HENRY BESTON was an American writer and naturalist, and is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement. His now classic observations of Cape Cod are captured in his classic, THE OUTERMOST HOUSE, written after Beston spent what he called "a year of life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod", and has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore. Author Rachel Carson said that Beston was the only author who ever influenced her writing.
Canadian artist THOREAU MACDONALD was also considered a designer, calligrapher, writer, publisher, farmer, naturalist, nature lover and conservationist. Thoreau MacDonald was self-taught but worked with his father, Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald. Colour blindness forced him to work mainly in black and white. Thoreau MacDonald contributed illustrations to some 150 journals, novels and books of poetry, and he was a founding member of the Canadian Group of Painters. His graphic work and paintings can be found in many important public and private collections, including the McMichael Collection, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Hart House at the University of Toronto and the National Gallery of Canada.
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- TBCL The Book Collection Library (CA)
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- 33013
- Title
- A compelling collaboration of two naturalists in celebration of the holiday season. "WITH WARM GOOD WISHES FROM CHIMNEY FARM IN MAINE.
- Author
- [Beston, Henry], MacDonald, Thoreau, illustrator
- Illustrator
- MacDonald Thoreau
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Original autographed, stamped Christmas postcard. Illustration f
- Publisher
- Beston, Henry
- Place of Publication
- NORTHERN FARM, MAINE
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- Henry Beston, MacDonald Thoreau. Elizabeth Coatsworth, Environmentalist, Author, Illustrator, Northern Farms, The Outermost House
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