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Back in print by popular demand, this updated, full-color edition of The Wildest Country: Exploring Thoreau's Maine follows 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 a comprehensive map and summaries of Thoreau's travels.
From Moosehead Lake to Katahdin, returning to Bangor down the Penobscot River, today's traveler can use the book's revised maps to retrace these routes for an hour, a day, or several weeks. Huber artfully organizes these excursions into a grand tour of Maine's most impressive scenery. Beautiful color photography by Bridget Besaw shows the remote areas readers can still explore. Pictures of local flora and fauna help readers identify local species which continue to thrive.
Thoreau was an early advocate for conservation, and his observations of people and places infuse The Wildest Country with his appreciation of his surroundings-his delight in the elusive laughing loons; his sampling of indigenous tea substitutes; and his pact with Penobscot guide Joe Polis to exchange every bit of knowledge each possessed within 11 days.
The Wildest Country is an exciting and memorable journey into Thoreau's – and our – Maine. It's an essential book for naturalists, travelers, and armchair adventurers who want a glimpse of the past – as well as a look at what we can still preserve for future generations of explorers.
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