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I love natural history books/memoirs/what have you and I am a beach freak, but this book, which shows up on every list of important natural history books ever, just left me cold.
I have not been to Cape Cod and did not find the author's rambling descriptions provided any comprehensible profile of the area.
While there is the occasional interesting observation, it is not until the last 40 or so pages that there is any real depth of description of wildlife/shore life. Most of the book is discussion about the author's isolation, the Coast Guard and shipwrecks (which, admittedly, might be the most fascinating part of the book) occasionally peppered with a natural history observation, most of which are slightly old-fashioned versions of "Hey, I saw a bird today!"
Needless to say I'm disappointed.
I have not been to Cape Cod and did not find the author's rambling descriptions provided any comprehensible profile of the area.
While there is the occasional interesting observation, it is not until the last 40 or so pages that there is any real depth of description of wildlife/shore life. Most of the book is discussion about the author's isolation, the Coast Guard and shipwrecks (which, admittedly, might be the most fascinating part of the book) occasionally peppered with a natural history observation, most of which are slightly old-fashioned versions of "Hey, I saw a bird today!"
Needless to say I'm disappointed.