Photographer Dan Tobyne comiitted himself to "walking the walk" - retracing Thoreau's steps to find what can still be seen of Thoreau's Cape Cod. Tobyne's images are matched with the corresponding passages from Thoreau's text, showing that much of the pristine beauty that inspired the naturalist 150 years ago is still there to inspire and uplift us today.

In 1876, wealthy Bostonian Pierson Beebe chose a secluded hill in Falmouth, Massachusetts, as the spot to build his summer cottage, Highfield Hall. The following year, his brother James Arthur Beebe began construction next door on his own mansion, Tanglewood. The Beebe Woods and the surrounding buildings do not simply belong to the history of one wealthy Boston family. Rather, the land that they preserved, the architecture they created and the cultural...

Collections of history articles that appeared regularly in the local weekly newspaper, The Register.

The author, who was a descendant of the first settlers in New England, chronicles his life from extreme poverty to the prosperous life of a business man.