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Canoeing in the wilderness

By Henry David Thoreau

2019-09-19 03:49:16

At the time Thoreau made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his "The Maine Woods", which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is particularly charming in its blendin ... Read more
At the time Thoreau made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his "The Maine Woods", which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is particularly charming in its blending of meditative and poetic fancies with the minute description of the voyager’s experiences. The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make the trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. No one could have been better fitted than Thoreau to enjoy such a region and to transmit his enjoyment of it to others. Less

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File size374.586 KB
Print pages120
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2020-04-10
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1423649144
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Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who ...

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