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Cape Cod Paperback - 1987
by Henry David Thoreau; Introduction by Paul Theroux
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, he finds "another world."
Summary
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
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 seaits depth, its wildness, and the natural life it containedwas 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.”
Part of the Penguin Nature Library
Series Editor: Edward Hoagland
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 seaits depth, its wildness, and the natural life it containedwas 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.”
Part of the Penguin Nature Library
Series Editor: Edward Hoagland
With an Introduction by Paul Theroux
Details
- Title Cape Cod
- Author Henry David Thoreau; Introduction by Paul Theroux
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 319
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Date 1987-03-03
- ISBN 9780140170023 / 0140170022
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.83 x 5.01 x 0.75 in (19.89 x 12.73 x 1.91 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: New England
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Cape Cod (Mass.) - Description and travel, Thoreau, Henry David - Travel -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86018636
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Library Journal, 07/01/1995, Page 128
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