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Cape Cod

By: Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer (Editor), Robert Pinsky (Introduction by)

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Paperback | 13 June 2004

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235 Pages

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20.3 x 12.7 x 203

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This new paperback edition of Henry D. Thoreau''s compelling account of Cape Cod contains the complete, definitive text of the original. Introduced by American poet and literary critic Robert Pinsky--himself a resident of Cape Cod--this volume contains some of Thoreau''s most beautiful writings.

In the plants, animals, topography, weather, and people of Cape Cod, Thoreau finds "another world" Encounters with the ocean dominate this book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening chapter to his later reflections on the Pilgrims'' landing and reconnaissance. Along the way, Thoreau relates the experiences of fishermen and oystermen, farmers and salvagers, lighthouse-keepers and ship captains, as well as his own intense confrontations with the sea as he travels the land''s outermost margins. Chronicles of exploration, settlement, and survival on the Cape lead Thoreau to reconceive the history of New England--and to recognize the parochialism of history itself.

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"Cape Cod is Thoreau's sunniest, happiest book. It bubbles over with jokes, puns, tall tales, and genial good humor... Unquestionably the best book that has ever been written about Cape Cod, and it is the model to which all new books about the Cape are still compared."--Walter Harding, The Days of Henry Thoreau

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Non-Fiction Biographies & True Stories Biographies Travel & Holidays Travel Writing Classic Travel Writing Nature & The Natural World Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1800 to 1900 Literary Studies of Fiction

Non-Fiction Prose Memoirs

Introduction	p. ix
The Shipwreck	p. 3
Stage-Coach Views	p. 15
The Plains of Nauset	p. 24
The Beach	p. 44
The Wellfleet Oysterman	p. 62
The Beach Again	p. 80
Across the Cape	p. 101
The Highland Light	p. 118
The Sea and the Desert	p. 139
Provincetown	p. 167
Index	p. 217
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