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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: The Maine Woods
Hardback
Main Details
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The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: The Maine Woods
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Henry David Thoreau
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Edited by Joseph J. Moldenhauer
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:494 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | General |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691062242
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| Classifications | Dewey:917.41043 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
21 July 1972 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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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 of the "tonic of wildness," makes The Maine Woods an especially vital book for our time. This edition presents Thoreau's fullest account of the wilderness as he intended it.
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