{"product_id":"the-maine-woods-9780882409597","title":"The Maine Woods","description":"Posthumously published in 1864, \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Woods\u003c\/i\u003e depicts Henry David Thoreau's experiences in the forests of Maine, and expands on the author's transcendental theories on the relation of humanity to Nature. On Mount Katahdin, he faces a primal, untamed Nature. Katahdin is a place \"not even scarred by man, but it was a specimen of what God saw fit to make this world.\" In Maine he comes in contact with \"rocks, trees, wind and solid earth\" as though he were witness to the creation itself. Of equal importance, \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Woods\u003c\/i\u003e depicts Thoreau's contact with the American Indians and depicts his tribal education of learning the language, customs, and mores of the Penobscot people. Thoreau attempts to learn and speak the Abenaki language and becomes fascinated with its direct translation of natural phenomena as in the word \u003ci\u003esebamook\u003c\/i\u003e--a river estuary that never loses is water despite having an outlet because it also has an inlet.\u003ci\u003e The Maine Woods\u003c\/i\u003e illustrates the author's deeper understanding of the complexities of the primal wilderness of uplifted rocky summits in Maine and provides the reader with the pungent aroma of balsam firs, black spruce, mosses, and ferns as only Thoreau could. This new, redesigned edition features an insightful foreword by Thoreau scholar Richard Francis Fleck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e Redesigned edition featuring an insightful foreword by Thoreau scholar Richard Francis Fleck. Fleck is a well-respected authority on Thoreau and the author of many books including \u003ci\u003eHenry Thoreau and John Muir Among the Indians.\u003c\/i\u003e Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. This book was first published in 1864 (composed partly of articles he had written earlier for periodicals) and still in print, is an insightful reporter's picture of a rugged wilderness the moment before being irrevocably altered by armies of loggers. Today the virgin forest seen by Thoreau is gone; trees have been cut, regrown, and harvested again. But modern travelers -- hikers, campers, hunters, fishers, canoeists or back road wanderers -- will still find, as Thoreau did, a land \"more grim and wild than you had anticipated.\" It's also pin-drop tranquil, teeming with wildlife and, in places, challenging to reach. (NYTimes) Following Thoreau into the Maine Woods is hardly a new idea, but it is becoming easier. The Thoreau-Wabanaki Trail was inaugurated, delineating and celebrating Thoreau's passage on routes that Penobscot Indians had used for thousands of years. (NYTimes) Nature tourism is a $37 billion annual industry in the United States (Outdoor Industry Association). \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Westwinds Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780882409597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d","brand":"Henry David Thoreau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645643681948,"sku":"9780882409597","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ef53dfb8-c89e-4f49-b8b4-c9d442526af4.jpg?v=1603861696","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-maine-woods-9780882409597","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}