This classic regional title is a practical hiking guide to one of America's most popular vacation destinations, a historical guide to 19th-century Cape Cod, and a literary guide to one of the world's most beloved writers and philosophers all in one. It includes walking routes—ranging from a quarter-mile to 14 miles, fascinating entries on many of the Cape's most famous historic cites, detailed hiking maps, illustrations of subjects Henry David Thoreau saw and wrote about while on Cape Cod, dozens of inspiring quotes from Thoreau on the "Art of Walking," and informative essays on Thoreau and 19th-century Cape Cod.