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

Published Amherst ; Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher Subject Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Travel -- Maine Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 -- Influence Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Maine woods. SUBJECT Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 fast Maine woods (Thoreau, Henry David) fast Subject Wilderness areas -- Maine Forest ecology -- Maine Indians of North America -- Maine. Human ecology -- Maine LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. Ecology Forest ecology Human ecology Indians of North America Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Travel Wilderness areas SUBJECT Piscataquis County (Me.) -- Description and travel Maine -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85079904 Maine -- Environmental conditions Subject Maine Maine -- Piscataquis County Form Electronic book Author Kucich, John, editor LC no. 2018057856 ISBN 9781613766651 1613766653 9781613766644 1613766645

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