Name: Canoeing in the wilderness
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Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Canoeing in the wilderness

By Henry David Thoreau 19 Sep, 2019

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At the time Thoreau made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his "The Maine Woods", which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is particularly charming in its blendin ... Read more

At the time Thoreau made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his "The Maine Woods", which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is particularly charming in its blending of meditative and poetic fancies with the minute description of the voyager’s experiences. The chief attraction that inspired Thoreau to make the trip was the primitiveness of the region. Here was a vast tract of almost virgin woodland, peopled only with a few loggers and pioneer farmers, Indians, and wild animals. No one could have been better fitted than Thoreau to enjoy such a region and to transmit his enjoyment of it to others. Less

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Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who ...

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