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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau

The Maine Woods

The Writings of Henry David Thoreau( )
Author: Thoreau, Henry David.
Editor: Moldenhauer, Joseph J.
ISBN:978-0-691-06224-2
Publication Date:Jul 1972
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $137.00
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:494
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.421 x 8.346 x 1.443 Inches
Book Weight:1.375 Pounds



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