The Maine Woods is a travel collection by Henry David Thoreau about his journeys into the Maine wilderness. It describes nature, lakes, forests, and encounters with Native people, with careful observation and reflection on life in the wild. It is worth listening to for its calm, poetic prose and its portrait of untouched American wilderness.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU IN TWENTY VOLUMES VOLUME III MANUSCRIPT EDITION LIMITED TO SIX HUNDRED COPIES NUMBER —— Snowberry (page 227) Moosehead Lake, from Mount Kineo
THE WRITINGS OF HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE MAINE WOODS BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY MDCCCCVI COPYRIGHT 1864 BY TICKNOR AND FIELDS COPYRIGHT 1892, 1893, AND 1906 BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. All rights reserved CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE KTAADN CHESUNCOOK THE ALLEGASH AND EAST BRANCH APPENDIX I. TREES II. FLOWERS AND SHRUBS III. LIST OF PLANTS IV. LIST OF BIRDS V. QUADRUPEDS VI. OUTFIT FOR AN EXCURSION VII. A LIST OF INDIAN WORDS INDEX ILLUSTRATIONS SNOWBERRY, Carbon photograph MOOSEHEAD LAKE, FROM MOUNT KINEO, MAINE WILDERNESS PINE TREE, BOAR MOUNTAIN SQUAW MOUNTAIN, MOOSEHEAD LAKE MOOSEHEAD LAKE, FROM MOUNT KINEO MOUNT KINEO CLIFF
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