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Nature, Gardens & Animals

Excursions, and Poems

Henry David Thoreau

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The sage of Walden takes to the road and the field. This gathering of Thoreau's excursions and poems runs from a Yankee's journey through Canada and Quebec to the natural history of Massachusetts, all in his keen, unhurried prose. Wander, observe, and reflect. Travel the countryside with one of America's finest nature writers.

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49 chapters

  1. 1EXCURSIONS AND POEMS
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4INTRODUCTORY NOTE
  5. 5EXCURSIONS
  6. 6A YANKEE IN CANADA
  7. 7CHAPTER I CONCORD TO MONTREAL
  8. 8CHAPTER II QUEBEC AND MONTMORENCI
  9. 9CHAPTER III ST. ANNE
  10. 10CHAPTER IV THE WALLS OF QUEBEC
  11. 11CHAPTER V THE SCENERY OF QUEBEC; AND THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE
  12. 12NATURAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS[3]
  13. 13A WALK TO WACHUSETT
  14. 14THE LANDLORD
  15. 15A WINTER WALK
  16. 16THE SUCCESSION OF FOREST TREES[6]
  17. 17WALKING
  18. 18AUTUMNAL TINTS

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