Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 449 g
Reihe: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 449 g
Reihe: Writings of Henry D. Thoreau
ISBN: 978-0-691-11877-2
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Henry D. Thoreau traveled to the backwoods of Maine in 1846, 1853, and 1857. Originally published in 1864, and published now with a new introduction by Paul Theroux, 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.The Maine Woods is classic Thoreau: a personal story of exterior and interior discoveries in a natural setting--all conveyed in taut, masterly prose. Thoreau's 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.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Map of the Maine Woods viii Introduction by Paul Theroux ix Ktaadn 3 Chesuncook 84 The Allegash and East Branch 157 Appendix 298 I. Trees II. Flowers and Shrubs III. List of Plants IV. List of Birds V. Quadrupeds VI. Outfit for an Excursion VII. A List of Indian Words Index by Paul O.Williams 327
