A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

by Henry David Thoreau

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Overview

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


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486419329
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 11/09/2001
Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 14 - 18 Years

About the Author

About The Author
John McPhee is the author of many books, including The Control of Nature, Irons in the Fire, and Annals of the Former World, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.

Date of Birth:

July 12, 1817

Date of Death:

May 6, 1862

Place of Birth:

Concord, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Concord, Massachusetts

Education:

Concord Academy, 1828-33); Harvard University, 1837

Table of Contents

Introductionix
Concord River5
Saturday15
Sunday43
Monday117
Tuesday179
Wednesday235
Thursday298
Friday334
Index395
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