| Canoeing in the Wilderness Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1718888317 ISBN-13: 9781718888319 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable |
| Physical Information: 0.19" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.30 lbs) 94 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the time Thoreau made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his The Maine Woods, which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is particularly charming in its blending of meditative and poetic fancies with the minute description of the voyager's experiences. The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make the trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. No one could have been better fitted than Thoreau to enjoy such a region and to transmit his enjoyment of it to others. |