A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers
by Henry David Thoreau
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In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion. He wrote two drafts of this story at Walden Pond, which he continued to revise and expand until 1849, when he arranged for its publication at his own expense. The book's heterodoxy and apparent formlessness troubled its contemporary audience. Modern readers, however, have come to see it as an appropriate predecessor to Walden, with Thoreau's story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth.
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A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers
2004, Princeton University Press
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1980, Princeton University Press
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A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers
1849, James Munroe and Co., George P. Putnam, Lindsay and Blackiston, John Chapman
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Originally published: 1849.
"The definitive text as approved by the Center for Editions of American Authors of the Modern Language Association of America"--Cover, p. [4].
Includes index.
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Thoreau's first book excels at depicting nature around his trip in words.
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