Newburyport Public Library

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

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

contains biographical information

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

illustrationsmaps

index present

non fiction

Rediscovering the Maine woods

bibliography

1066194636

edited by John J. Kucich

Thoreau's legacy in an unsettled land

"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

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