Thoreau on Land : Nature's Canvas

by Thoreau, Henry David

• ISBN13: 9780395953853
• ISBN10: 0395953855
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-18
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Summary

The Spirit of Thoreau series is a fresh new collection of Thoreau's best writing and thinking on various themes, drawn from both unpublished and published sources. THOREAU ON LANDNATURE'S CANVASEdited by Joseph Valentine This elegant volume chronicles Thoreau's fascination with nature, from his well-known reflections on Walden to an unexpected meeting with loggers in the woods: "No doubt our employment is more alike than we suspect, and we are each serving the great Master's needs more than our own." He shows a Thoreau much broader in his interests and sympathies than most of us imagine.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Bill McKibben
Introduction	xiii
Musketaquid: Thoreau's Native American Landscape	1	(21)
From Treetop to Quaking Swamp: A Rich, Diverse Land Mosaic	22	(20)
Wildness and the Human Spirit	42	(13)
Oxen, Furrows, and Bean-Fields: Agricultural Concord	55	(21)
Begin by Burning Fences: The Seeds of Conservation	76	(15)
The Place to Which the Roads Tend: The Growth of Community	91	(17)
A Sort of Harmony: The Village and a Sense of Place	108	(22)
Editor's Note	130	(3)
Further Reading	133	(4)
Acknowledgments	137