The Boatman
Author | : Robert M. Thorson |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2017-04-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674977723 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674977726 |
Rating | : 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Boatman by : Robert M. Thorson
Download or read book The Boatman written by Robert M. Thorson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Thorson gives readers a Thoreau for the Anthropocene. The boatman and backyard naturalist was keenly aware of the way humans had altered the waterways and meadows of his beloved Concord River Valley. Yet he sought out for solace and pleasure those river sites most dramatically altered by human invention and intervention—for better and worse.