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Title:
The adventures of Henry Thoreau : a young man's unlikely path to Walden Pond
Author:
Sims, Michael, 1958-
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. Edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Physical Description:
x, 372 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
"The Adventures of Henry Thoreau-chronicling the ten years in his life beginning with Harvard in 1837 and ending as he walked away from Walden Pond after living in his long dreamed-of cabin for only two years--tells the dramatic (and at times heartbreaking) story of how a troubled young man found a meaningful life in a tempestuous era"--
Language:
English
Contents:
Dancing on the ice -- pt. I. Reflection : Behind the stars ; Seek your fortune ; More beautiful than useful ; Meadow River ; The new schoolmaster ; Savage brothers ; God and nature face to face -- pt. II. Shadow : How comic is simplicity ; We can teach you ; No remedy for love ; Give her a kiss for me ; My friend's little brother ; Log cabins and cider ; Melodies and inventions ; Near to the world of spirits -- pt. III. Echo : Hawthorne's new boat ; A skating party ; Staten Island ; Fire ; A poor man's house ; Favored by the gods ; Death on the river ; Living fireworks ; Luncheon at the cabin ; My muse, my brother ; A night in jail ; Chaos and ancient night -- After the cabin.
ISBN:
9781620401958
Format :
Book