Cape Cod

By: Henry David Thoreau

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Paperback | 3 March 1987 | Edition Number 1

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Thoreau''s classic account of his meditative, beach-combing walking trips to Cape Cod in the early 1850s, reflecting on the elemental forces of the sea, with an introduction by Paul Theroux

Cape Cod chronicles Henry David Thoreau’s journey of discovery along this evocative stretch of Massachusetts coastline, during which time he came to understand the complex relationship between the sea and the shore. He spent his nights in lighthouses, in fishing huts, and on isolated farms. He passed his days wandering the beaches, where he observed the wide variety of life and death offered up by the ocean. Through these observations, Thoreau discovered that the only way to truly know the sea—its depth, its wildness, and the natural life it contained—was to study it from the shore. Like his most famous work, Walden, Cape Cod is full of Thoreau’s unique perceptions and precise descriptions. But it is also full of his own joy and wonder at having stumbled across a new frontier so close to home, where a man may stand and “put all America behind him.”

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Non-Fiction Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning The Environment Conservation of The Environment Travel & Holidays Travel Writing History Regional & National History History of the Americas Literature, Poetry & Plays Non-Fiction Prose Nature & The Natural World

Places & Peoples in General & Pictorial Works Environmentalist Thought & Ideology

The Shipwreck	p. 3
Stage-Coach Views	p. 21
The Plains of Nauset	p. 35
The Beach	p. 65
The Wellfleet Oysterman	p. 91
The Beach Again	p. 117
Across the Cape	p. 149
The Highland Light	p. 174
The Sea and the Desert	p. 205
Provincetown	p. 247
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