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This classic regional title is a practical hiking guide to one of America's most popular vacation destinations, a historical guide to 19th-century Cape Cod, and a literary guide to one of the world's most beloved writers and philosophers all in one. It includes walking routes--ranging from a quarter-mile to 14 miles, fascinating entries on many of the Cape's most famous historic cites, detailed hiking maps, illustrations of subjects Henry David Thoreau saw and wrote about while on Cape Cod, dozens of inspiring quotes from Thoreau on the Art of Walking, and informative essays on Thoreau and 19th-century Cape Cod.

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A highly original and fascinating walking guide to the Cape, Adam Gamble has done a masterful job of combining history, literature, and outdoor adventure. In the Footsteps of Thoreau is the next best thing to having the 'Traveler from Concord' as our walking companion--a must for any devotee of Cape Cod or Thoreau! --Robert Finch, coeditor of the Norton Book of Nature Writing and editor of A Place Apart: A Cape Cod Reader

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Adam Gamble is a writer and photographer is the publisher of the regional book company On Cape Publications, where he has edited and overseen the production of dozens of books in a variety of genres. He is the author of A Public Betrayed and authored titles in the Good Night Our World series of boardbooks.

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