| Cape Cod Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author), Moldenhauer, Joseph J. (Editor), Pinsky, Robert (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0691118426 ISBN-13: 9780691118420 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: 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, he finds "another world." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 917.449 |
| LCCN: 2004043419 |
| Series: Princeton Classic Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 235 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |