| Canoeing in the Wilderness Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486840085 ISBN-13: 9780486840086 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $9.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Americana - Travel - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Lakes, Ponds & Swamps |
| Dewey: 917.412 |
| LCCN: 2019035473 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.20 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) ranks among America's foremost nature writers. The Concord, Massachusetts, native spent most of his life observing the natural world of New England. His thoughts on leading a simple, independent life remain a foundation of modern environmentalism, as captured in Walden, his best-known work.Canoeing in the Wilderness, the 1857 diary of a two-week sojourn in Maine, chronicles the author's travels with a friend and a Native American guide. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Maine woodlands were still in pristine condition, inhabited by a handful of Native Americans, pioneer farmers, the occasional lumberjack, and a rich and diverse wildlife population. Thoreau's poetic yet realistic observations of the landscape are accompanied by his accounts of day-to-day events. From camping by the waterside and waking to birdsong to enduring mosquitoes and cloudbursts, he writes with grace and clarity that bring the American wilderness to vivid life. |