Illustrated a Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

This book offers a selection of superb photographs by the famous turn-of-the-century photographer Herbert Gleason. Retracing one of Thoreau's early journeys, Gleason produced moving and dramatic pictures of life along the rivers of New England.

Originally published in 1984.

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A propos de l'auteur

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862), writer and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University. His writings on human nature, materialism, and the natural world rank him among the most influential thinkers of American lite

Résumé

This book offers a selection of superb photographs by the famous turn-of-the-century photographer Herbert Gleason. Retracing one of Thoreau's early journeys, Gleason produced moving and dramatic pictures of life along the rivers of New England. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology t

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Henry David Thoreau, Henry Thoreau
• Collaboration: Carl F. Hovde (Editeur), Carl Hovde (Editeur), Hovde Carl F. (Editeur)
• Edition: Princeton University Press
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 14.07.2014
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises
• EAN: 9780691610658
• ISBN: 978-0-691-61065-8
• Nombre de pages: 500
• Thème: Princeton Legacy Library > 625; Princeton Legacy Library
• Catégories: USA, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / Essays, United States of America, USA, Literary essays, History of the Americas