The Maine Woods (Penguin Nature Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (723 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0140170138 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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While living at Walden, Thoreau worked on the two books published during his lifetime: Walden (1854) and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. Thoreau died in Concord, at the age of forty-four, in 1862.Edward Hoagland's books include The Courage of Turtle
Thoreau died in Concord, at the age of forty-four, in 1862.Edward Hoagland's books include The Courage of Turtles, Walking the Dead Diamond River, Red Wolves and Black Bears, and Notes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia. He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. . About the AuthorHenry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. Several of his other works, including The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, and Excursions, were published posthumously. The Transcendentalists' faith in nature was tested by Thoreau between 1845 and 1847 when he
Classic 19th century backwoods adventure. Tom the Bike Guy Thoreau takes the reader on a wonderful journey through the largely uninhabited forests of Maine. It is clear that Thoreau is a botanist. He is continually identifying trees and plants by Botanical as well as Common name. He also identifies the birds he encounters. Sadly the Maine woods were not pristine at the time of Thoreau's journeys. There were scars of loggers, who mainly came for pine trees, along Thoreau's entire route. Five Stars Wonderfully written prose!. Wordsworth said Whose Woods These Are I Think I Know. As a child, I vacationed on the lakes of Maine. I spent fours years there in college. I skied Sugarloaf and Squaw Mountain, the latter once with a wind chill of "Whose Woods These Are I Think I Know" according to Wordsworth. As a child, I vacationed on the lakes of Maine. I spent fours years there in college. I skied Sugarloaf and Squaw Mountain, the latter once with a wind chill of 28 below zero. In my youth I climbed Mt. Katahdin. I have caught-and-released salmon in Moosehead Lake in the shadow of Mt. Kineo. And traveled nearly the entire length of the Maine coast. This summer I drove through the woods of northern Maine on the way to Prince Edw. 8 below zero. In my youth I climbed Mt. Katahdin. I have caught-and-released salmon in Moosehead Lake in the shadow of Mt. Kineo. And traveled nearly the entire length of the Maine coast. This summer I drove through the woods of northern Maine on the way to Prince Edw
"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 acutely observed the rivers, lakes, mountains, wolves, moose, and stars in the dark sky. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. 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. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.. In The Maine Woods, Thoreau captured a wilder side of America and revealed his own adventurous spirit.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. Taking notes constantly, Thoreau was just as likely to turn his observant eye t