1849年秋天的一个早晨，亨利·大卫·梭罗走出前门，在科德角的海滩上散步。一个半世纪后，本·沙塔克也这样做了。沙塔克只带了一块面包、一块奶酪砖和一本笔记本，开始沿着梭罗穿过开普敦外海滩的路线，从肘部到普罗文斯顿的指尖。
这是沙塔克六次旅行中的第一次，每次旅行的灵感都来自亨利·大卫·梭罗的一次散步。在海角之后，沙塔克沿着家乡的海岸线，爬上卡塔丁山和瓦丘塞特山，然后穿过阿拉加斯。一路上，沙塔克遇到了意想不到的人物、风景和故事，亲眼目睹了散步对精神受挫的恢复作用。在跟随梭罗多年的过程中，沙塔克发现自己发现了关于家庭、爱情、友谊和父亲身份的新见解，并更深刻地理解了行走在生活的四季变化中所能提供的教训。
亲密、有趣、制作精美的“六步走”是对在大自然中行走能够激励我们所有人的一种响亮的致敬。
Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau
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.
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