Beyond the sand cliffs, the Atlantic turns a walk along the shore into an encounter with wilderness.

In Cape Cod, Henry David Thoreau walks the outer shore of Massachusetts with the poet Ellery Channing. Their journey begins with the wreckage of a ship at Cohasset. From there, crowded coach rides and long stretches of beach bring them close to the sea and the people who live beside it.

Thoreau seeks more than a pleasant view. He listens to an old oysterman, stays at Highland Light, and follows the Great Beach between sand cliffs and surf. Records of explorers and Pilgrims draw him into the Cape’s past. Grief, dry humor, and wonder share the page as he studies a landscape others dismiss as dull.

이 책에서 발견할 것들

• A wild outer shore Walk the Great Beach, where sand cliffs face the long reach of Atlantic surf.
• Company along the way Meet the Wellfleet oysterman whose tall tales bring a lively human presence to the journey.
• A night above the sea Stay with Thoreau at Highland Light, high on the clay bluffs of Truro.
• History beneath the dunes Explore how old records of explorers and Pilgrims deepen his view of the Cape.
• Sand as a wilderness See wind and water shape a place Thoreau regards as a desert beside the sea.

이런 분들이 좋아할 거예요

걷기와 거친 해안, 등대를 좋아하는 독자를 위한 책이에요. 뉴잉글랜드 특유의 무심한 듯한 재치를 즐기는 사람, 탁 트인 대서양 곁에서 어부 가족들이 어떻게 살았는지 궁금한 사람에게도 좋아요.