Excursions

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Excursions
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Henry David Thoreau
Foreword by Jeffrey S. Cramer
Preface by Ralph Waldo Emerson
SeriesAnthem Travel Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:220
Dimensions(mm): Height 199,Width 130
Category/GenreHistory of specific subjects
ISBN/Barcode 9781843312918
ClassificationsDewey:814.3
Audience
General
Illustrations 20+ halftone photographs

Publishing Details

Publisher Anthem Press
Imprint Anthem Press
Publication Date 15 October 2007
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a pioneering author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, and philosopher. His most celebrated works include 'Walden' and 'Civil Disobedience'. Jeffrey S. Cramer is curator of collections for The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods and the editor of 'Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition' and 'What I Lived For: The Annotated Selected Journals of Henry D. Thoreau', both published by Yale University Press.