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Bezig met laden... Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreaudoor Ben Shattuck
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. I just didn't get this book. The author takes 6 walks that replicate Thoreau's walks in the mid-1800's, ostensibly to 'find himself.' Sorry...it felt like a privileged person who has the time and resources to take these walks and was reporting back to us about what he learned. This book has been well reviewed, and so I'll assume that most people will be able to relate far better than me. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. With little more than a loaf of bread, brick of cheese, and a notebook, Shattuck sets out to retrace Thoreau's path through the Cape's outer beaches, from the elbow to Provincetown's fingertip. This is the first of six journeys taken by Shattuck, each one inspired by a walk once taken by Henry David Thoreau. After the Cape, Shattuck goes up Mount Katahdin and Mount Wachusett, down the coastline of his hometown, and then through the Allagash. Along the way, Shattuck encounters unexpected characters, landscapes, and stories, seeing for himself the restorative effects that walking can have on a dampened spirit. Over years of following Thoreau, Shattuck finds himself uncovering new insights about family, love, friendship, and fatherhood, and understanding more deeply the lessons walking can offer through life's changing seasons. Intimate, entertaining, and beautifully crafted, Six Walks is a resounding tribute to the ways walking in nature can inspire us all." -- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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It was about how the author Ben Shattuck decided to try out doing some of the things that Henry David Thoreau did with his walks and looking and reflecting on nature as he went. Ben also decided to go about experimenting and trying these walks and things out because he was having a difficult time after a. hard break-up that was causing him to have insomnia, anxiety, and bad nightmares.
He started on this journey by taking walks and doing what he could to follow in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau and what you find and read while following along with his narrative is a poignant, moving tale of life, loss, love, and seeing the world, nature, animals, himself and others in a whole new light. It's also fascinating reading about his experience written this way with the sketches and drawings in the book as well that illustrate some of the places he went and how he reflects on things, people and events as things happen. This reminds me a bit of poetry and prose that's written beautifully in a way to touch others, remind others of the world, nature, animals, and their beauty as well as the people and their kindnesses.
Thanks so much to NetGalley and Tin House for letting me read and review this deep and soulful book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. ( )