The Outer Beach
A Thousand-Mile Walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic Shore
Published on 21. September 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-393-35601-4 (ISBN)
Description
Those who have encountered Cape Cod know that it is a singular place. In The Outer Beach, Robert Finch weaves together his collected writings from more than fifty years and more than a thousand miles of walking along Cape Cod's Atlantic coast to create a poignant, candid chronicle of an iconic landscape.
Reviews / Votes
"Lovely and fortifying... Geologists estimate that Cape Cod will disappear in around 6,000 years... Until it goes, may there continue to be writers as good as Mr. Finch to commemorate it." -- Sam Sacks - The Wall Street Journal "[Finch] is a keen and passionate observer... [He] artfully conveys what is, at heart, so stirring about the beach: how its beauty and magisterial power cause us to ponder the larger things in life." -- The New York Times Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
1 map
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
287 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-35601-4 (9780393356014)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
05/2017
W. W. Norton & Company
€15.49
Available for download
Person
Robert Finch was an award-winning nature writer, radio journalist, and author of several books about Newfoundland and Cape Cod, including The Outer Beach. He lived on Cape Cod for over fifty years, and spent two decades of summers in Squid Tickle. He died in 2024.