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The Thoreau Centennial. Papers marking the observance in New York City of the One Hundreth

Item Number
245
Estimated Value
22 USD
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Item Description

The Thoreau Centennial. Papers marking the observance in New York City of the One Hundreth Anniversary of the Death of Henry David Thoreau. Edited by Walter Harding.

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Copyright: 1964

Binding: Hardcover. Green boards. With Thoreau bust image (Malvania Hoffman, Unveiled at the Hall of Fame, NYU, 5/6/1962) medallion down the middle of the front board

Book Condition:  Slight edge wear to dust jacket. Nice!

Dust Jacket Condition: Good condition, slight edge wear no tears

Note: With small bookplate “Distributed By The Thoreau Society As Booklet 21”.

Contents: Carl F. Hovde, “The Conception of Character in A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”; Joseph J. Moldenhauer, “Walden: The Strategy of Paradox”; Walter Harding, “The Last Days of Henry Thoreau”; Raymond Adams, “The Day Thoreau Didn’t Die”; J. Lyndon Shanley, “Thoreau: Years of Decay and Disappointment?”; Reginald L. Cook “A Parallel of Parablists: Thoreau and Frost”; Howard Mumford Jones, “Thoreau and Human Nature”; Rev. Donald S. Harrington, “Living Is So Dear”; Raymond Adams, “Thoreau’s Claim to Greatness”; Braj Kumar Nehru, “Henry David Thoreau: A Tribute”.

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Lorna Mack