The Outer Beach
A Thousand-mile Walk on Cape Cod?s Atlantic Shore
WW Norton · Print & ebook · June 12, 2018
"Finch is today’s best, most perceptive Cape Cod writer in a line extending all the way back to Henry David Thoreau." —Christian Science Monitor Weaving together Robert Finch’s collected writings from over fifty years and a thousand miles of walking along Cape Cod’s Atlantic coast, The Outer Beach is a poignant, candid chronicle of an iconic American landscape anyone with an appreciation for nature will cherish.
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- Who it’s for
- Collected writings trace more than fifty years of walking Cape Cod’s Atlantic coast.
- Themes
- Nature appreciation, Cape Cod landscape, Atlantic coast
- Genres
- Coasts & Shorelines, Nature Writing, New England Travel
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"Finch is today’s best, most perceptive Cape Cod writer in a line extending all the way back to Henry David Thoreau." —Christian Science Monitor Weaving together Robert Finch’s collected writings from over fifty years and a thousand miles of walking along Cape Cod’s Atlantic coast, The Outer Beach is a poignant, candid chronicle of an iconic American landscape anyone with an appreciation for nature will cherish.
Shoreline Over Time
Collected writings trace more than fifty years of walking Cape Cod’s Atlantic coast.
Come here for
- Close attention to coastal nature and a landscape shaped by time
Expect
- A candid chronicle drawn from decades of writing and a thousand miles on foot
Where it sits
| Coasts & Shorelines | 71% |
|---|---|
| Nature Writing | 43% |
| New England Travel | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Coasts & Shorelines
- Authors
- Robert Finch
- Publisher
- WW Norton
- Published
- June 12, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Nature appreciation · Cape Cod landscape · Atlantic coast
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs