Journal 1842-1848 The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau

Volume two of the Journal includes Thoreau's extensive reminiscences of his 1839 excursion with his brother John along the Concord and Merrimack rivers and all his first impressions and observations entered in journals during the famous Walden sojourn. Collectively, these journals illustrate the middle stage of Thoreau's literary career--a stage noteworthy for his "devotion to the mastery of his craft" as evidenced by the progressive, intermingled drafts ofA Week on the Concord and Merrimack RiversandWalden, "Thomas Carlyle and His Works," "Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum," and "Ktaadn, and the Maine Woods." More than half of the material presented in Journal 2 is previously unpublished.Thoreau, Henry David is the author of 'Journal 1842-1848 The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau' with ISBN 9780691061863 and ISBN 0691061866.