Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau
Henry D. Thoreau's trips to Cape Cod were intended, he wrote, to afford "a better view than I had yet had of the ocean". Here, his account of his experiences is presented in its complete form, excluding only the critical apparatus. In the plants, animals, topography, weather, people and human works of Massachusetts' long projection into the Atlantic, Thoreau finds "another world". Encounters with the ocean dominate the book, from the fatal shipwreck of the opening episode to the late reflections on the Pilgrims' Cape Cod 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 confrontations with the sea as he travels the land's outermost margins.
Cape Cod is Thoreau's sunniest, happiest bookIt 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
Robert Pinsky is Professor of English at Boston University and an editor of the weekly online magazine Slate. He is the author of many books of poetry and literary criticism. He served two terms as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, 1997-2000.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780691000763 |
| ISBN 10 | 069100076X |
| Title | Cape Cod |
| Author | Henry David Thoreau |
| Series | Writings Of Henry D Thoreau |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Year published | 1993-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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