Kliatt, July 1st, 2002
A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS. Henry David Thoreau. 1849/2001. Read by Patrick Cullen. 10-1.5 hour tapes. Blackstone Audio. #2770. 0-7861-2000-2. $69.95. Vinyl; content, author notes. SA
Published at the author's expense and not very successful during his lifetime, Thoreau's first full-length work remains in print more than 150 years after its 1849 appearance. Deeply grieved by the death of his brother John, Thoreau wrote this memoir in John's honor, describing a late-summer river trip the two brothers took in 1839 in a 15-foot dory. But the book is far more than a travelogue. ...
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