Cape Cod, Reivisited

CAPE COD, REVISITEDMICHAEL THURSTONORDER A COPY NOW"Cape Cod begins with a shipwreck."So begins Michael Thurston's new e-book, retracing the steps of Henry David Thoreau's famous walk, while seeing anew the Cape as it is today. Knowing that the Cape is more than tourist-riddled beaches and overpriced ice cream, Thurston instead combines travel writing and literary criticism to reveal the unfamiliar contours of a popular tourist destination. He takes us along two centuries of the shore,...
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CAPE COD, REVISITEDMICHAEL THURSTONORDER A COPY NOW"Cape Cod begins with a shipwreck."So begins Michael Thurston's new e-book, retracing the steps of Henry David Thoreau's famous walk, while seeing anew the Cape as it is today. Knowing that the Cape is more than tourist-riddled beaches and overpriced ice cream, Thurston instead combines travel writing and literary criticism to reveal the unfamiliar contours of a popular tourist destination. He takes us along two centuries of the shore, reconsidering the dreadful shipwreck of the St. John in the 19th century, and examining the pliability of a hand-painted postcard. Featuring artists like Joel Meyerwitz and Edward Hopper, to statesman John Hay and cinematographer Robert Richardson. Cape Cod, Revisited is more than a beach read; it's a tapestry of geological history, personal memoir, and Thoreau's transcendent ability to measure that line between the beach and the boundless sea.