Description |
xx, 615 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
Format |
volume nc rdacarrier |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: land of the grass-ground river -- The making of Thoreau. Concord sons and daughters ; Higher learning from Concord to Harvard (1826-1837) ; Transcendental apprentice (1837-1841) ; "Not till we are lost" (1842-1844) -- The making of Walden. "Walden, is it you?" (1845-1847) ; A writer's life (1847-1849) ; From Concord to Cosmos: Thoreau's turn to science (1849-1851) ; The beauty of nature, the baseness of men (1852-1854) -- Successions. Walden-on-Main (1854-1857) ; Wild fruits (1857-1859) ; A constant new creation (1860-1862). |
Subject |
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
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Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.
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Naturalists -- United States -- Biography.
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Genre |
Biographies.
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ISBN |
9780226344690 |
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022634469X |
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