| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
365 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
A year before he settled into the simple life at Walden Pond, he struck a match to start a cooking fire in the dry woods around Concord, Massachusetts and accidentally ignited a forest fire that consumed 300 acres. The events of that chaotic day appear to have altered the course of Thoreau's life and American history. More recently, this historical footnote sparked the creation of Woodsburner, a terrific debut novel from John Pipkin. Woodsburner offers a nuanced portrait of a young and less recognizable Thoreau, whose philosophy begins to materialize as the flames lay waste. |
| Subject |
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Fiction.
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Walden Pond (Middlesex County, Mass.) -- Fiction.
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Forest fires -- Fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780385528658 alkaline paper |
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0385528655 alkaline paper |
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