A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author), Hovde, Carl F. (Editor), Howarth, William L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0691118787 ISBN-13: 9780691118789 Publisher: Princeton University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2004 Annotation: Thoreau's first published book--the story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth--is now published as a new paperback edition and includes an introduction by noted writer John McPhee. Click for more in this series: Princeton Classic Editions |
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BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2004101369 |
Series: Princeton Classic Editions |
Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.08" W x 7.94" L (1.01 lbs) 624 pages |
Features: Index, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: Henry D. Thoreau's classic A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is published now as a new paperback edition and includes an introduction by noted writer John McPhee. This work--unusual for its symbolism and structure, its criticism of Christian institutions, and its many-layered storytelling--was Thoreau's first published book. 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. He wrote two drafts of this story at Walden Pond, which he continued to revise and expand until 1849, when he arranged for its publication at his own expense. The book's heterodoxy and apparent formlessness troubled its contemporary audience. Modern readers, however, have come to see it as an appropriate predecessor to Walden, with Thoreau's story of a river journey depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth. |
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