| Excursions Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author), Cramer, Jeffrey S. (Foreword by), Emerson, Ralph Waldo (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 1843312913 ISBN-13: 9781843312918 Publisher: Anthem Press OUR PRICE: $20.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: A selection of ruminative nature writing on walking and the beauty of New England, here Thoreau's characteristically wide-ranging and philosophical style offers a multitude of fascinating observations. Excursions presents Thoreau's most studied and expansive collection of writing on the natural world. An early advocate of conservationism, he discusses here, in mesmerising prose, the complex but essential relationship between man and nature. This edition includes a remarkable Biographical Sketch by Thoreau's great contemporary and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 814.3 |
| LCCN: 2007026888 |
| Series: Anthem History |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.16" W x 7.82" (0.55 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |