The Maine Woods

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book essay collection nonfiction work

The Maine Woods is a posthumously published collection of Henry David Thoreau’s essays recounting his mid-19th-century journeys into the forests of Maine, blending natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection on wilderness.

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The Maine Woods first book edition 1
“Ktaadn and the Maine Woods” by Henry David Thoreau 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
nonfiction work ⓘ
author Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs blend of natural history, travel narrative, and philosophical reflection ⓘ
firstEditionFormat print ⓘ
genre environmental literature ⓘ
nature writing ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
hasPart Chesuncook ⓘ
Ktaadn ⓘ
The Allegash and East Branch ⓘ
hasTheme environmental ethics ⓘ
industrialization and nature ⓘ
relationship between humans and nature ⓘ
solitude ⓘ
spirituality in nature ⓘ
wilderness preservation ⓘ
influenced American environmentalism ⓘ
conservation movement in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Transcendentalism ⓘ
mainSubject Maine wilderness ⓘ
Mount Katahdin ⓘ
Native American guides ⓘ
Penobscot River ⓘ
Penobscot people ⓘ
canoeing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
logging in Maine ⓘ
nature ⓘ
wilderness ⓘ
notableFeature accounts of interactions with Native American guides ⓘ
detailed observations of flora and fauna ⓘ
early critique of environmental degradation ⓘ
placeOfPublication Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston
publicationStatus posthumous ⓘ
publicationYear 1864 ⓘ
publisher Ticknor and Fields ⓘ
relatedWork A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers ⓘ
Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
surface form: Walden
setIn Maine ⓘ
New England ⓘ
timeOfNarrative 1840s ⓘ
1850s ⓘ
writtenInPeriod mid-19th century ⓘ

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The Allegash and East Branch → containedIn → The Maine Woods ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Maine Woods first book edition
Ktaadn → isSubjectOf → The Maine Woods ⓘ
this entity surface form: “Ktaadn and the Maine Woods” by Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau → notableWork → The Maine Woods ⓘ
The Allegash and East Branch → partOf → The Maine Woods ⓘ
Henry David Thoreau → wrote → The Maine Woods ⓘ