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Praise for Orion on the Dunes “This involving and illuminating portrait, rooted in Payne’s unprecedented access to private archives, vastly deepens our appreciation for Beston’s profundity, prescience, and artistry.”—Booklist, starred review “An engaging and incisive biography of Beston, illuminating the life and philosophy of one of our preeminent nature writers.”—The Wall Street Journal “As it was in his life, Outermost House is at the heart of this story, but Payne’s great service is what else he has to tell us about Henry Beston…Thanks to Daniel Payne, Henry Beston’s light is shining stronger.”—The Barnstable Patriot “Restless, brooding, and exuberant, Beston strides across the pages of Daniel Payne’s scrupulously researched new biography, Orion on the Dunes.”—The Massachusetts Review

Praise for Orion on the Dunes This involving and illuminating portrait, rooted in Payne's unprecedented access to private archives, vastly deepens our appreciation for Beston's profundity, prescience, and artistry. -Booklist, starred review An engaging and incisive biography of Beston, illuminating the life and philosophy of one of our preeminent nature writers. -The Wall Street Journal As it was in his life, Outermost House is at the heart of this story, but Payne's great service is what else he has to tell us about Henry Beston...Thanks to Daniel Payne, Henry Beston's light is shining stronger. -The Barnstable Patriot Restless, brooding, and exuberant, Beston strides across the pages of Daniel Payne's scrupulously researched new biography, Orion on the Dunes. -The Massachusetts Review

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Daniel G. Payne is a professor of English at SUNY College, Oneonta. His books include Voices in the Wilderness: American Nature Writing and Environmental Politics, Writing the Land: John Burroughs and His Legacy, and Why Read Thoreau’s Walden?.

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