How to Be a Hermit or a Bachelor Keeps House is a retelling of Cuppy's time living in a shack on a small island, Jones Island, off Long Island's south shore. The nearby Coast Guard crew helped him repair the shack and shared supplies and recipes with him. In 1929 the encroachment of the Jones State Park forced him off the island, but a dispensation from the head of the Parks Department allowed him to keep the shack, and he continued to visit the island until his death. These twenty-eight essays are easy-going and ruminative.
How to Be a Hermit or a Bachelor Keeps House is a retelling of Cuppy's time living in a shack on a small island, Jones Island, off Long Island's south shore. The nearby Coast Guard crew helped him repair the shack and shared supplies and recipes with him. In 1929 the encroachment of the Jones State Park forced him off the island, but a dispensation from the head of the Parks Department allowed him to keep the shack, and he continued to visit the island until his death. These twenty-eight essays are easy-going and ruminative.