Cape Cod Author:Henry David Thoreau This is the account of three walking trips that Thoreau made on Cape Cod in 1849, 1850, and 1855. Thoreau found a deep satisfaction in the simplicity of the Cap Codders' ways, the bare beauty of the landscape, and the ever-present ocean. With relish and good humor, he describes what he saw on his tramps about this wind-swept peninsula: remains o... more »f a shipwreck, windmills, seaweed, sea creatures, the changing water in its various moods, ships, lighthouses, birds, the scrubby vegetation, and especially the people. The inhabitants were a people after Thoreau's own heart--sturdy, independent, and self-reliant. "The strongest wind cannot stagger a Spirit," he wrote. He enjoyed talking with the old salts, and this book is full of their yarns.« less