Thoreau in the Mountains/ writings by Henry David Thoreau, commentary by William Howarth.

Title:

Thoreau in the Mountains/ writings by Henry David Thoreau, commentary by William Howarth.

Author:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862,

Call Number:

917.78 T488

Publication Information:

New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1982.

Physical Description:

394 p.: illustrations, maps; 24 cm.

Description:

During his brief, energetic life (1817-62), and long before backpacking became popular, Henry David Thoreau climbed a number of New England mountains; at the time remote wilderness areas where only Indians and a few pioneering botanists regularly traveled.
Walking with Thoreau gives Henry David Thoreau's writings on nine New England mountains: Wachusett and Greylock in Massachusetts; Katahdin and Kenio in Maine; and Wantastiquet, Fall Mountain, Washington, Lafayette, and Monadnock in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont. William Howarth's expert and illuminating commentary, printed alongside Thoreau's text, allows the present day hiker to retrace Thoreau's foot-steps up some of New England's most popular mountain destinations. This innovative resource combines specially drawn state maps, original itineraries (William Howarth climbed all of Thoreau's trails), and modern-equivalent route information to make Walking with Thoreau the essential literary hiker's guide.

Subjects:

Mountains New England. , Appalachian Mountains.

Terms of Use:

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Credit Line:

Gift of Bell's Books, collection of Andrew Griscom ; October 2021;