Finch, Robert, — The Primal Place.

NY, Norton, (1983). 1st ed. VG in VG DJ. Finch watches the passage of the seasons, investigates an ancient crumbling farmhouse, witnesses a local burial &. speculates on the sociological & psychological importance of town meetings & town landings, follows alewives on their migration, has a mortal encounter with a woodchuck in his garden, experiences the near-madness of a nighttime frog chorus, unearths an enormous whale-skull on the clam flats of Cape Cod Bay & confronts death on a winter beach. Owner inscription ft endpaper.