A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Henry David Thoreau
Edited by Carl F. Hovde
Edited by William L. Howarth
Edited by Elizabeth Hall Witherell
Introduction by John McPhee
SeriesWritings of Henry D. Thoreau
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:624
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 127
Category/GenrePets and the Natural World
Classic travel writing
ISBN/Barcode 9780691118789
ClassificationsDewey:917.4272043
Audience
General
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Edition Revised edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 13 June 2004
Publication Country United States

Description

In the late summer of 1839, Thoreau and his older brother John made a two-week boat-and-hiking trip from Concord, Massachusetts, to the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After John's sudden death in 1842, Thoreau began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion, and he arranged for its publication at his own expense in 1849. This book's heterodoxy and apparent formlessness troubled its contemporary audience. Modern readers, however, have come to see A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers as an appropriate predecessor to Walden, with Thoreau's story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth.

Author Biography

John McPhee is the author of twenty-five books, including "The Control of Nature, Irons in the Fire", and "Annals of the Former World", for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.