Rediscovering the Maine woods : Thoreau's legacy in an unsettled land / edited by John J. Kucich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kucich, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Travel--Maine.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Influence.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Maine woods.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Maine woods (Thoreau, Henry David).

Human ecology.

Environmental conditions.

Forest ecology.

Wilderness areas.

Travel.

Piscataquis County (Me.)--Description and travel.

Piscataquis County (Me.).

Maine--Description and travel.

Maine.

Wilderness areas--Maine.

Forest ecology--Maine.

Maine--Environmental conditions.

Indians of North America--Maine.

Indians of North America.

Human ecology--Maine.

Ecology.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

Maine--Piscataquis County.

Physical Description:

ix, 227 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]

Summary:

"The Maine Woods, vast and largely unsettled, are often described as unchanged since Henry David Thoreau's 1847 journey across the backcountry, in spite of the realities of Indian dispossession and the visible signs of logging, settlement, tourism, and real estate development. In the summer of 2014 scholars, indigenous peoples, activists, and other individuals retraced Thoreau's route. Inspired partly by this expedition, the accessible and engaging essays here offer valuable new perspectives on conservation, the cultural ties that connect Native communities to the land, and the profound influence the geography of the Maine Woods had on Thoreau and writers and activists who followed in his wake. Together, these essays offer a rich and multifaceted look at this special place and the ways in which Thoreau's Maine experiences continue to shape understandings of the environment a century and a half later"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : rediscovering the Maine Woods / John J. Kucich

Crossing Moosehead Lake / Chris Sockalexis

Undercurrents / Stan Tag

The Maine Woods rhomboid / Robert M. Thorson

"Some star's surface" : Thoreau in the Maine Woods / Laura Dassow Walls

Sublime matter : materiality and language in Thoreau's "Ktaadn" / Melissa Sexton

Eating moose : Thoreau, regional cuisine, and national identity / Kathryn Dolan

Pilgrimages and working forests : envisioning the commons in the Maine Woods / James S. Finley

Multiple use and its discontents : popular conservation writing in the Maine Woods a century after Thoreau / Dale Potts

Thoreau's Maine Woods and the problem of wildness / Richard W. Judd

Conclusion : carrying place : Penobscot language, land, and memory / James Francis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Rediscovering the Maine woods.

ISBN:

9781625344168

1625344163

9781625344175

1625344171

OCLC:

1066194636