Posts tagged Cape Cod

Beston felt that “the world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things.” This statement, penned almost one-hundred years ago, I believe, holds true today. This classic of American nature writing highlights our need for nature, in its most wild and pure.

Classic Literature, American Nature WritingAnnalece HunterJanuary 4, 2022Henry Beston, The Outermost House, Nature Writing, American Literature, Cape Cod Comment

Walden and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau is the giant of American nature writing, known for his masterpiece, Walden. But he wrote so much more. And this book includes all his significant works.

American Nature Writing, Classic LiteratureAnnalece HunterJanuary 2, 2019Walden, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Amy Belding Brown, Mr. Emerson's Wife, Cape Cod, Transcendentalism Comment