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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. The Maine Woods.
Thoreau, Henry David. Ed(S): Moldenhauer, Joseph J.
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A personal account of exploration, of exterior and interior discovery in a natural setting, conveyed in taut, workmanlike prose. Editor(s): Moldenhauer, Joseph J. Series: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: PD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 657.
The Maine Woods is a characteristically Thoreauvian book: a personal account of exploration, of exterior and interior discovery in a natural setting, conveyed in taut, workmanlike prose. Thoreau's evocative renderings of the life of the primitive forest--its mountains, waterways, fauna, flora, and inhabitants--are valuable in themselves. But his impassioned protest against despoilment in the name of commerce and sport, which even by the 1850s threatened to deprive Americans of the "tonic of wildness," makes The Maine Woods an especially vital book for our time. This edition presents Thoreau's fullest account of the wilderness as he intended it.
The Maine Woods is a characteristically Thoreauvian book: a personal account of exploration, of exterior and interior discovery in a natural setting, conveyed in taut, workmanlike prose. Thoreau's evocative renderings of the life of the primitive forest--its mountains, waterways, fauna, flora, and inhabitants--are valuable in themselves. But his impassioned protest against despoilment in the name of commerce and sport, which even by the 1850s threatened to deprive Americans of the "tonic of wildness," makes The Maine Woods an especially vital book for our time. This edition presents Thoreau's fullest account of the wilderness as he intended it.
Product Details
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Series
Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Number of Pages
494
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691062242
SKU
V9780691062242
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