A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486419320 ISBN-13: 9780486419329 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $7.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: Classic of American literature not only vividly narrates a boat trip Thoreau took with his brother in 1839 but also contains thought-provoking observations on literature, philosophy, Native American and Puritan histories of New England, friends, and a diversity of other topics. "A book of wonderful merit." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - Northeast - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Literary Collections | American - General |
Dewey: 917.427 |
LCCN: 2001028586 |
Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.18" W x 8.2" (0.42 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Hampshire - Cultural Region - New England - Cultural Region - Midwest |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Based on an 1839 boat trip Thoreau took with his brother from Concord, Massachusetts, to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, this classic of American literature is not only a vivid narrative of that journey, it is also a collection of thought-provoking observations on such diverse topics as poetry, literature, and philosophy, Native American and Puritan histories of New England, friendship, sacred Eastern writings, traditional Christianity, and much more. |