{"id":552,"date":"2010-04-08T20:28:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T20:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=552"},"modified":"2010-04-08T20:28:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T20:28:32","slug":"new-exhibit-three-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2010\/04\/08\/new-exhibit-three-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"New exhibit: Three Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1938 and 1939, the author Henry Beston wrote three letters to Kingston resident Mrs. Alexander Holmes. The two had met at a retreat on Star Island, N.H. Beston is perhaps best know for his 1928 work Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod<\/em><\/a>. Included with the letters is an autographed first edition inscribed by the author for Mrs. Holmes.<\/p>\n

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Inscription from Henry Beston to Mrs. Alexander Holmes, circa 1938<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is a wealth of online information available on Henry Beston<\/a>. The Henry Beston Society<\/a> focuses on Beston, his wife, the poet and novelist Elizabeth Coatesworth, while the Friends of Henry Beston<\/a> place more emphasis on the Outermost House and Beston’s philosophy.\u00a0 To complement the photographs of Beston available on these sites, here is one you won’t see anywhere else — Mrs. Alexander Holmes at Star Island.<\/p>\n

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Mary Russell Adams Holmes at Star Island, no date<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Please stop by and have a look at this unique sample of a great writer’s work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1938 and 1939, the author Henry Beston wrote three letters to Kingston resident Mrs. Alexander Holmes. The two had met at a retreat on Star Island, N.H. Beston is perhaps best know for his 1928 work Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod. Included with the letters is … <\/p>\n

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