The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)

~ Henry David Thoreau (Author), Bradford Torrey (Editor), F. H. Allen (Editor)

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Deluxe hardcover edition! The years 1855-1861 are covered in Volume 2 of the complete reprint of the journals. A major document in 19th-century American literature, the journals are sourcebooks for many Thoreau works including "Walden." Hundreds of entries on birds, flowers, nature, philosophical topics. An extraordinary record of Thoreau's life and thought.

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Product Details Hardcover: 900 pages Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1962) Language: English ISBN-10: 0486203131 ISBN-13: 978-0486203133 Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 8.6 x 1.9 inches Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,304,505 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 0 of 2 people found the following review helpful: 3.0 out of 5 stars Volume 2..........is different, March 29, 2009 By  G. Garner (vicksburg,ms) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)    Amazon Verified Purchase I have already recorded my impressions of Volume 1 of Thoreau's journals.This second volume is an entirely different matter. Volume 1 offered variety-there was something there for any of Thoreau's fans, no matter what their particular cup of tea. However, this second volume is pretty much nothing but Thoreau taking walk, after walk, after walk,..........Now, if you are drawn to this writer because you enjoy the accounts of his nature excursions, you will be in heaven with this book. For anybody else, I regard it as a waste of money. Personally, I respond most powerfully to Thoreau as a social critic. He views society, and people, in pretty much the same terms that I do. I also share his sense of priorities, in respect to how he spends his time and how he lives his life. For me, these later entries in his journals contained almost nothing that would justify the purchase. The only exception is,towards the end, when he erupts over the John Brown affair. I found that part to be of interest. However, I believe that he wrote an essay in which he expressed a great many of these sentiments. It would be much more practical to simply find the essay online. As I said, if you are into Thoreau because you love to hear him tell of his various exploits in the forest, you will be extremely well served by this book. I cannot overstate how extensive his accounts are of his nature walks. For anyone else, save your money.		Ad feedback   Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 900 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (June 1, 1962)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486203131
• ISBN-13: 978-0486203133
• Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 8.6 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,304,505 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Volume 2..........is different, March 29, 2009

By	G. Garner (vicksburg,ms) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I have already recorded my impressions of Volume 1 of Thoreau's journals.This second volume is an entirely different matter. Volume 1 offered variety-there was something there for any of Thoreau's fans, no matter what their particular cup of tea. However, this second volume is pretty much nothing but Thoreau taking walk, after walk, after walk,..........Now, if you are drawn to this writer because you enjoy the accounts of his nature excursions, you will be in heaven with this book. For anybody else, I regard it as a waste of money.

Personally, I respond most powerfully to Thoreau as a social critic. He views society, and people, in pretty much the same terms that I do. I also share his sense of priorities, in respect to how he spends his time and how he lives his life. For me, these later entries in his journals contained almost nothing that would justify the purchase.

The only exception is,towards the end, when he erupts over the John Brown affair. I found that part to be of interest. However, I believe that he wrote an essay in which he expressed a great many of these sentiments. It would be much more practical to simply find the essay online.

As I said, if you are into Thoreau because you love to hear him tell of his various exploits in the forest, you will be extremely well served by this book. I cannot overstate how extensive his accounts are of his nature walks. For anyone else, save your money.