E B Whites Once More to the Lake
Summary of E.B. White’s “Once More to the Lake” In “Once More to the Lake”, E.B. ... To begin, White describes his childhood getaway that he and his father took every summer to a lake in Maine (179). He tells of his personal changes of preference in regards to salt-water and fresh water fishing and soon, deciding to relive part of his past, decides to take his son to that same lake he and his father had gone to summer after summer (179). White describes his reluctance to return to the lake, wondering if “time would have marred this unique” place, and thought about the many ways “it would be desolated” (179).