![]() ![]() ![]() From camping by the waterside and waking to birdsong to enduring mosquitoes and cloudbursts, he writes with grace and clarity that bring the American wilderness to vivid life. Thoreau's poetic yet realistic observations of the landscape are accompanied by his accounts of day-to-day events. In the mid-nineteenth century, the Maine woodlands were still in pristine condition, inhabited by a handful of Native Americans, pioneer farmers, the occasional lumberjack, and a rich and diverse wildlife population. Canoeing in the Wilderness, the 1857 diary of a two-week sojourn in Maine, chronicles the author's travels with a friend and a Native American guide. From the great nature writer behind Walden comes Canoeing in the Wilderness an account of a trip Henry David Thoreau made into the Maine wilderness. ![]() His thoughts on leading a simple, independent life remain a foundation of modern environmentalism, as captured in Walden, his best-known work. Canoeing in the Wilderness, by Henry David Thoreau, tells the story of a Thoreau excursion into the pristine wilderness of the state of Maine. Canoeing in the Wilderness Henry David Thoreau, Clifton 1865-1940 Johnson 0.00 0 ratings0 reviews Want to read Kindle 1.99 Rate this book This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. ![]() The Concord, Massachusetts, native spent most of his life observing the natural world of New England. Essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) ranks among America's foremost nature writers. ![]()
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