Cape Cod

A storm has torn the brig St. John apart—and on Cohasset beach, men cart seaweed away while bodies are still being sought. Henry David Thoreau came to the shore for a better view of the ocean. What will he see there besides its beauty?

In October 1849, Thoreau sets out from Concord toward Cape Cod, hoping to know the ocean more closely than a man inland can. The storm delays his journey; at Cohasset, he finds a beach strewn with wreckage and the grim work of recovering the drowned. From this rocky coast, where human sorrow and daily business carry on side by side, he turns his eye to the sea’s immense power and indifference. As he walks the Cape’s beaches, what can the ocean teach him about life on shore?

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