A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers ; Walden, or, Life in the woods ; The Maine woods ; Cape Cod
by Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau wrote four full-length works, collected here in a single volume. Interweaving natural observation, personal experience, and historical lore, they reveal his brilliance not only as a writer, but as a naturalist, scholar, historian, poet, and philosopher. "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is based on a boat trip taken with his brother from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire. "Walden" is at once a personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, manual of self-reliance, and masterpiece of style. "The Maine Woods" and "Cape Cod" portray landscapes changing irreversibly even as he wrote. The first combines close observation of the unexplored Maine wilderness with a far-sighted plea for conservation; the second is a brilliant and unsentimental account of survival on a barren peninsula in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay.
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American essays, Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862, Merrimack river and valley, Concord river (mass.), New hampshire, description and travel, Massachusetts, description and travel, Natural history, united states, Solitude, Massachusetts, social life and customs, Wilderness areas, Description and travelShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
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A week on the Concord and Merrimack rivers ; Walden, or, Life in the woods ; The Maine woods ; Cape Cod
1985, Literary Classics of the United States, Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press
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0940450275 9780940450271
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Bibliography: p. 1071-1094.
Includes index.
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