Excursions

by Henry David Thoreau

Overview

Excursions is the title of a collection of essays on travel and nature, edited after the author’s death by his sister Sophia Thoreau with Ralph Waldo Emerson, and first published in 1863. It was popular with readers at the time and is a classic today, culminating with Thoreau’s masterly essays on sauntering and seeing: “Walking” and “Autumnal Tints.”

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012989567
Publisher:	Robin Michell
Publication date:	08/18/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	168 KB

About the Author

Massachusetts native Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading member of the American Transcendentalist movement, whose faith in nature was tested while Thoreau lived in a homemade hut at Walden Pond between 1845 and 1847. While there, Thoreau worked on the two books published in his lifetime: Walden and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, Excursions, and other works were published posthumously.

Date of Birth:

July 12, 1817

Date of Death:

May 6, 1862

Place of Birth:

Concord, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Concord, Massachusetts

Education:

Concord Academy, 1828-33); Harvard University, 1837