Canoeing in the Wilderness

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Introduction
3:24
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, July 20-23, 1857
9:08
Friday, July 24
22:27
Saturday, July 25
14:13
Sunday, July 26
15:45
Monday, July 27
20:33
Tuesday, July 28
18:16
Wednesday, July 29
21:11
Thursday, July 30
14:41
Friday, July 31
7:57
Saturday, Sunday, Monday August 1-3
14:17

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In July 1857, Henry David Thoreau sets out for the Maine woods with a companion and hires Penobscot guide Joseph Polis for a canoe expedition. The account begins with preparations in Bangor and Oldtown, including provisions, waterproof clothing and the awkward business of transporting a canoe by stage. Plans for travel toward the Allegash Lakes bring practical arrangements into close contact with Thoreau's curiosity about the country and the people he meets.

Along the lakeshore, bird calls and daily camp routines become subjects for close observation. Thoreau listens to the loon and the white-throated sparrow, notices dew on the blankets, and considers the usefulness of Polis's clothing and tools. These details give readers a sense of travel as both physical work and attentive looking. Edited by Clifton Johnson, the 1916 volume offers a compact account of woodland travel for readers drawn to nature writing and firsthand descriptions of Maine.

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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.