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Cape Cod
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by Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer (Editor), Robert Pinsky (Introduction)
Henry David Thoreau
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Cape Cod
264
by Henry David Thoreau, Joseph J. Moldenhauer (Editor), Robert Pinsky (Introduction)
Henry David Thoreau
Paperback(With a New introduction by Robert Pinsky)
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Overview
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.Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780691118420 |
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Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
Publication date: | 06/13/2004 |
Series: | Writings of Henry D. Thoreau , #17 |
Edition description: | With a New introduction by Robert Pinsky |
Pages: | 264 |
Sales rank: | 656,821 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
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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.
Date of Birth:
July 12, 1817Date of Death:
May 6, 1862Place of Birth:
Concord, MassachusettsPlace of Death:
Concord, MassachusettsEducation:
Concord Academy, 1828-33); Harvard University, 1837Table of Contents
I | The Shipwreck | 3 |
II | Stage-Coach Views | 21 |
III | The Plains of Nauset | 35 |
IV | The Beach | 65 |
V | The Wellfleet Oysterman | 91 |
VI | The Beach Again | 117 |
VII | Across the Cape | 149 |
VIII | The Highland Light | 174 |
IX | The Sea and the Desert | 205 |
X | Provincetown | 247 |
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