hsway 's review for:

Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck

4.0

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I was overall quite impressed with the author's observations and conclusions on walking in nature, and I especially resonated with it being so familiar with Massachusetts' South Coast. He acknowledges the problem of race and class being the gateway to his making these astute observations, but doesn't dive too deeply there, so I'll ding him a bit for that. Otherwise, I really enjoyed how he sought to recreate some of Thoreau's walks and highlighted their contrast to modern day experience. He really pulls a lot of great Thoreau quotes too.