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Six Walks

In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau

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Six Walks

By: Ben Shattuck
Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
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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.

©2022 Ben Shattuck (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
Authors Nature & Ecology
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“All things move smoothly as the axle of the universe.”

Beautiful, captivating story that follows Thoreau in spirit and yet carves out a solid space for itself amongst the greats.

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He kept going over his ills to point I turned it off nobodymlikes a complainer

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