The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. I have heard them all, and of the three elemental voices, that of ocean is the most awesome, beautiful and varied.

Beston joined the French army in 1915 and served as an ambulance driver. (1909) and M. Beston who dedicated himself as a "writer/naturalist" is considered one of the fathers of the modern environmental movement and The Outermost House has been called one of the motivating factors behind the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore.

Henry Beston (June 1 1888 – April 15 1968) was an American writer and naturalist best known as the author of The Outermost House written in 1925.