Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Farrar Straus Giroux
ISBN 13 : 9780374276430
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (764 download)
Book Synopsis Thoreau in the Mountains by : Henry David Thoreau
Download or read book Thoreau in the Mountains written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Farrar Straus Giroux. This book was released on 1982 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.