num_pages: 589
description: Thoreau's account of the 1839 river voyage he made with his brother is both a compelling travel narrative and a meditation on the meanings of time, history, and loss. It shares many themes with his classic Walden: self-renewal in nature, the spiritual meanings of perception, and the shallowness of contemporary culture, religion, and politics.
language: English
title: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
titlecomplete: A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
genres: Literature, American, Classics, Memoir, Nature, Philosophy, Essays, Travel, Nonfiction, Natural History
ratings_count: 617
publisher: Thorndike Press