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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers|Henry David Thoreau

Overview

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, an account of a boat trip Thoreau took in 1839, is a finely crafted tapestry of travel writing, essays, and lyrical poetry. Alternating between observation and reflection, Thoreau interweaves day-by-day descriptions of natural phenomenon, the rural landscape, and local characters with digressions on literature and philosophy, the Native American and Puritan histories of New England, the Bhagavad-Gita, the imperfections of Christianity, and many other subjects. An invaluable companion to Walden, it stands alone as one of the most remarkable literary achievements of the nineteenth century.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780140434422
  • ISBN-10: 0140434429
  • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
  • Publish Date: December 1998
  • Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
  • Page Count: 368
  • Reading Level: Ages 18-UP

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