Back in print by popular demand, this fully updated and revised edition
of The Wildest Country: A Guide to Thoreau's Maine follows the famed
naturalist Henry David Thoreau's sojourns in Maine and offers modern
commentary on how the route has changed. Drawing on Thoreau's faithfully
recorded itineraries in his classic book The Maine Woods, author J.
Parker Huber provides comprehensive color maps and summaries of
Thoreau's travels. Huber artfully organizes these excursions into one
grand tour of Maine's most impressive scenery. From Moosehead Lake to
Katahdin, returning to Bangor down the Penobscot River, today's traveler
can trace these routes for an hour, a day, or several weeks. Throughout,
The Wildest Country is illuminated with Thoreau's distinctive
observations of his natural surroundings and his fellow man: his delight
in the illusive laughing loons; his sampling of indigenous tea
substitutes; and his pact with Indian guide Joe Polis to exchange every
bit of knowledge each possessed--within 11 days. This beautiful edition,
illustrated with beautiful color and historic black-and-white
photographs, is the perfect choice to celebrate the 150th anniversary of
the publication of The Maine Woods, first published in Boston in 1864.