Cape Cod records several walking trips Thoreau made to the Massachusetts coast in the 1850s. He describes the long beaches, dunes, lighthouses, shipwrecks and the sea itself, along with the fishermen, farmers and oystermen he meets. His tone moves between humour, curiosity and awe at the power of the ocean. Published after his death, it is a lively and often wry portrait of a rugged landscape and the people who lived there.
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A man may stand there and put all America behind him.