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The Maine Woods (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, 16) Paperback - 2004
by Thoreau, Henry David
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Originally published in 1864, and published now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux, this volume is a powerful telling of Thoreau's journeys through a rugged and largely unspoiled land. It presents his fullest account of the wilderness.
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- Title The Maine Woods (Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, 16)
- Author Thoreau, Henry David
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used:Good
- Pages 347
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton
- Date 2004-06-13
- Features Index, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX0691118779
- ISBN 9780691118772 / 0691118779
- Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.08 x 0.78 in (20.32 x 12.90 x 1.98 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: New England
- Geographic Orientation: Maine
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 19th century, Maine - Description and travel
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004101885
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
"What a wilderness walk for a man to take alone!...Here was traveling of the old heroic kind over the unaltered face of nature." Henry David ThoreauOver 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.
