The Writings of Henry David Thoreau : A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Hardback
by Henry David Thoreau
Edited by Carl F. Hovde, William L. Howarth, Elizabeth Hall Witherell
Hardback
- Information
Description
In the late summer of 1839 Thoreau and his elder 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, Henry began to prepare a memorial account of their excursion.
At Walden Pond he wrote two drafts of this story, which he continued to revise and expand until 1849, when he arranged for its publication at his own expense.
The contemporary audience for A Week was troubled by its heterodoxy and apparent formlessness; but modern readers have come to see it as an appropriate predecessor to Walden, with Thoreau's story of a river journey actually depicting the early years of his spiritual and artistic growth.
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:624 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:21/06/1980
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691063768
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:624 pages
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:21/06/1980
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691063768