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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