The Maine Woods.
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 ac...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2010.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | 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 ti. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (374 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781400834136 1400834139 1282639374 9781282639379 |