Canoeing in the Wilderness

Biography & Memoir, Philosophers, Literary, Political
Cover of the book Canoeing in the Wilderness by Henry David Thoreau, Black Lizard Books
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Author: Henry David Thoreau ISBN: 1230003331033
Publisher: Black Lizard Books Publication: July 21, 2019
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Henry David Thoreau
ISBN: 1230003331033
Publisher: Black Lizard Books
Publication: July 21, 2019
Imprint:
Language: English

At the time Thoreau made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his The Maine Woods, which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is particularly charming in its blending of meditative and poetic fancies with the minute description of the voyager’s experiences. The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make the trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. No one could have been better fitted than Thoreau to enjoy such a region and to transmit his enjoyment of it to others.

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At the time Thoreau made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his The Maine Woods, which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is particularly charming in its blending of meditative and poetic fancies with the minute description of the voyager’s experiences. The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make the trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. No one could have been better fitted than Thoreau to enjoy such a region and to transmit his enjoyment of it to others.

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