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The Maine Woods
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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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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Introduction by Paul Theroux
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| Series | Writings of Henry D. Thoreau |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:376 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | Pets and the Natural World
Classic travel writing |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691118772
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| Classifications | Dewey:917.412043 |
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| Audience | | General | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Edition |
Revised edition
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
13 June 2004 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Henry D. Thoreau traveled to the backwoods of Maine in 1846, 1853, and 1857. Originally published in 1864, this volume is a powerful telling of those journeys through a rugged and largely unspoiled land. It presents Thoreau's fullest account of the wilderness. His evocative renderings of the life of the primitive forest - its mountains, waterways, fauna, flora, and inhabitants - are timeless and valuable on their own. But his impassioned protest against the despoilment of nature 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 own time.
Author Biography
Paul Theroux is a travel writer who is widely credited with reviving the genre in 1975 with his "The Great Railway Bazaar". Among his other books are the novels "Chicago Loop" and "Mosquito Coast". He lives on Cape Cod and in Hawaii.
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