I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil-to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. The main thesis is expressed in first paragraph and what follows is the explanation of it. The Walking is full of self-reflection, comparisons between the wild and the society from human point of view and is considered to be an transcendental essay. Thoreau was an avid walker who preferred to stay off the roads and wilderness to gardens. Among his other works are book Walden or, Life in the Woods and essay Civil Disobedience. In it, Thoreau “extolled the virtues of immersing oneself in nature and lamented the inevitable encroachment of private ownership upon the wilderness.” ( The Atlantic). Intimate, entertaining, and beautifully crafted, Six Walks is a resounding tribute to the ways walking in nature can inspire us all.Walking is an essay by American essayist, poet and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, first published 1862. 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. Along the way, Shattuck encounters unexpected characters, landscapes, and stories, seeing for himself the restorative effects that walking can have on a dampened spirit. After the Cape, Shattuck goes up Mount Katahdin and Mount Wachusett, down the coastline of his hometown, and then through the Allagash. This is the first of six journeys taken by Shattuck, each one inspired by a walk once taken by Henry David Thoreau. 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.
Over a century and a half later, Ben Shattuck does the same. On an autumn morning in 1849, Henry David Thoreau stepped out his front door to walk the beaches of Cape Cod. “A gorgeous reminder that walking is the most radical form of locomotion nowadays.” ―Nick Offerman
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