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Wild fruits : Thoreau's rediscovered last manuscript / Henry David Thoreau ; edited and introduced by Bradley P. Dean ; illustrations by Abigail Rorer.
LIBRA - Special QK98.5.A1 T46 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wild plants, Edible.
- Fruit.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 411 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, 2001.
- Summary:
- Thoreau presents information about the "'unnoticed wild berry whose beauty annually lends a new charm to some wild walk, '" along with what "may be considered Thoreau's last will and testament, in which he protests our desecration of the landscape, reflects on the importance of preserving wild space 'for instruction and recreation, ' and envisions a new American scripture."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Wild Fruits
- Related Passages
- Thoreau Chronology
- Glossary of Botanical Terms
- Note on the Provenance of the Manuscript
- Manuscript Facsimile.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-385) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0393321150
- 9780393321159
- OCLC:
- 50039996
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