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The Maine Woods Paperback - 1988
by Henry David Thoreau
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- Paperback
With Abnaki guides, Thoreau climbed Mt. Katahdin and hiked deep into the Maine woods to places where one "might live and die and never hear of the United States". His accurate, evocative descriptions still reflect his belief that man himself is a part of the natural world.
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- Title The Maine Woods
- Author Henry David Thoreau
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Trade Paperback
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York
- Date 1988
- Features Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0140170138I5N00
- ISBN 9780140170139 / 0140170138
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 7.1 x 5.32 x 1.21 in (18.03 x 13.51 x 3.07 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: New England
- Geographic Orientation: Maine
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 19th century, Maine - Description and travel
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 88003644
- Dewey Decimal Code 917.410
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Summary
Over a period of three years, Thoreau made three trips to the largely unexplored woods of Maine. He climbed mountains, paddled a canoe by moonlight, and dined on cedar beer, hemlock tea and moose lips. Taking notes constantly, Thoreau was just as likely to turn his observant eye to the habits and languages of the Abnaki Indians or the arduous life of the logger as he was to the workings of nature. He acutely observed the rivers, lakes, mountains, wolves, moose, and stars in the dark sky. He also told of nights sitting by the campfire, and of meeting men who communicated with each other by writing on the trunks of trees. In The Maine Woods, Thoreau captured a wilder side of America and revealed his own adventurous spirit.
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- Library Journal, 07/01/1995, Page 128