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  • Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
  • Paperback: 376 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press (June 13, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0691118779
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691118772
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 starsCape Cod is the ultimate desert island beach book.
By A Customer on January 30, 1997
Format: Paperback
Each year, in preparation for a week's retreat to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, I go in search of a book that would be perfect for a sojourn on a desert island. Of course, the Outer Banks are hardly deserted--the locals have printed up Wege's infamous photograph of a packed stretch of Coney Island with the caption "Nags Head, circa 2000 A.D."--but there we are on an island for seven days, my husband experiencing near death in the waves while I read. Sometimes we stop these pursuits and prowl the beach. Mostly we live as if we're the last two people on earth (which is easier in the off-peak season).

I've learned that not every book is right for this way of life. The perfect desert island book has to celebrate the place you are in, not transport you. It should offer a tinge of society, because, after all, a human is a social animal, but it should not make you yearn achingly for what has been left behind nor should you be so repelled by it that you will never fit in again when you leave the island (you always leave the island). It should have some narrative sweep to withstand the competition of the seascape. It should make you think, at least a little: you want the stress to wash out to sea, not the little grey cells.

Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau is the benchmark by which I've chosen beach material for several years. it is the quintessential celebration of littoral life. If you are on the beach, you appreciate it all the more; if you are not, well, at least you know vividly what you are missing. There is drama, as in the specter of villagers racing to the shore at the news of a shipwreck. There is information, as in what part of the clam not to eat, how the Indians trapped gulls for food, how a lighthouse really works.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsBEST EDITION AVAILABLE, BY FAR
By Kevin M. on June 13, 2007
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This hardcover edition from Peninsula Press is unquestionably the best available edition of Thoreau's Cape Cod, for these reasons:

1) While all other editions are based on Thoreau's journal entries from only his first three visits to the Cape, this edition includes an epilogue compiling Thoreau's notes from his fourth and final visit, in which he traveled south to Chatham and Monomoy.

2) This is the only edition to translate the many, many Greek and Latin phrases Thoreau includes throughout the work, and it is also the only edition to provide illustrations, maps, and sidenotes in-text.

3) This is the only indexed edition ever created.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for fans of both Cape literature and Thoreau in general.
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5.0 out of 5 starsLeave your brain at the door.
By A Customer on June 24, 1999
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You will forget about the outside world when you read this; nothing but sand, wind, and water. Plus some natural history, local folklore, a few shipwreck tales. Typical Thoreau; he finds beauty, interest, detail in the wilderness. The desolate landscape will help to clear your mind. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Cape Cod Walk with Thoreau
By Robin Friedman HALL OF FAMETOP 100 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on August 5, 2006
Format: Paperback
Thoreau visited Cape Cod in 1849, 1850, and 1853. These trips formed the basis for a series of essays, several of which Thoreau published in magazines. After Thoreau's death, the essays were gathered together and published as "Cape Cod" in 1865.

Thoreau's "Cape Cod" is different in tone in theme from his earlier books. The tone is leisurely and light. Instead of solitude or the wild woods, the picture that remains with me from this book is that of a long walk, or, as Thoreau puts it, a "ramble" through the sand and dunes of Cape Cod. The book is picturesque, full of humor and wry observation. Thoreau unforgettably describes the ocean, in its storms, vicissitudes, and moments of peace, the fish and the fishermen, the sands, birds, plants and lighthouses of Cape Cod, and the people. I have visited portions of the Masachusetts coast, but I have never been to Cape Cod. Thoreau took me there in his book.

The book is arranged into ten chapters. It opens with a description of the shipwreck of the St John on a rock off the Cape. Thoreau then describes a ride by coach across the Cape. But the heart of the book lies in the following chapters in which Thoreau with a companion walks the 30 mile beach from Nauset Harbor to Provincetown with many stops and diversions along the way. I felt the salt air and saw the fishermen and the sandy beach as I walked with Thoreau.

The most vivid characterization in the book is in the chapter "The Wellfleet Oysterman", as Thoreau describes a grizzled, taciturn, and ancient native of Cape Cod and his family who offer him hospitality for the night. Another memorable chapter involves the description of the Highland Lighthouse, no longer standing, and its keeper.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMAKE SURE YOU BUY THE CORRECT EDITION
By Jocelyn L. on July 20, 2009
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This is a comment about the edition rather than the book:

I bought this edition based on the review about the very helpful index. Please be careful about what edition you are actually buying. Many of these reviews are about different editions. I bought the BiblioLife paperback book with a picture of the green bicycle on the cover. I just received it and there is NO INDEX.

It looks like the original text from an original printing (with smaller physical dimensions) was photocopied page by page and put into this paperback book. This will do the trick but I am a little disappointed and wish I had bought a different edition.

It is confusing on amazon because when you click "look inside" it shows an index, with a tiny note saying the "look inside" refers to a different edition.
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4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

Very good read if you want know more about the Maine North Woods

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4.0 out of 5 starseasy read, much history of the 1850s in northern ...

easy read , much history of the 1850s in northern Maine.

Published 2 months ago by Dennis De Crane
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

An excellent review of the life, of the people in the XIX century

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2.0 out of 5 starsA Snoozer and A Disappointment

I'm a big fan of all things: Cape Cod and was really looking forward to reading this book. Unfortunately, I found it VERY boring and tedious. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Geraldine
1.0 out of 5 starsAn ordeal to listen to, tedious wordy waffle and weird reading,...

An ordeal to try and listen to, almost put me asleep in the car while we drove from New York to Cape Cod. Read more

Published 10 months ago by John D. Harding
5.0 out of 5 starsVery good book, takes us back to another time

Very good book, takes us back to another time, but as if we were in the canoe right along with Thoreau

Published 12 months ago by Holly M. Henderson
4.0 out of 5 starsThoreau's knowledge and descriptions of the natural world provide...

Thoreau's knowledge and descriptions of the natural world provide wonderful insights about living with nature and remind me of how much we have forgotten about surviving and... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Len Bicknell
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat read, and this version has some nice illustrations ...

Great read, and this version has some nice illustrations throughout. The cover is actually plain blue (on mine, at least) which I'm perfectly okay with since it gives it a nice... Read more

Published 14 months ago by Sam
4.0 out of 5 starsAlways good to keep books in the " Library"

Written very well, but some what difficult to read in the phrases of that time period. I'm about halfway thru the book but have gone on to another book. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Kindle Customer
1.0 out of 5 starsCheap paperback - ugly

Not reviewing the book but the edition - CHEAP - looks photocopied. Not a beautiful green cover but a low res scan.
Barely worth the 4 dollars.

Published 16 months ago by William Holland

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