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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack RiversHenry David Thoreau

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

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Original author: Henry David Thoreau

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"A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" by Henry David Thoreau is a book published in 1849. It recounts a boat journey Thoreau took with his brother John in 1839, written partly as a tribute after John's death. Though structured as a travel narrative divided by days, the book weaves extensive digressions on religion, poetry, history, and the author's reflections on Industrial Revolution changes transforming New England. His first published work, it initially sold only 219 copies.

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, by Henry David Thoreau. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #4232.

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