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Book SynopsisFrom 1837 to 1861 Thoreau kept a journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. This book finds Thoreau intensely concentrating on detailed observations of natural phenomena and on 'the mysterious relation between myself and these things.
Table of ContentsXI April 28, 1852-July 8, 1852 1 XII July 9, 1852-August 31, 1852 201 XIII August 31, 1852-January 7, 1853 325 XIV January 8, 1853-March 8, 1853 433 Appendix 477 Indexes of MS Volumes Annotations 501 Map 536 Index 539 EDITORIAL APPENDIX Notes on Illustrations 555 Acknowledgments 556 Editorial Contributions 558 Historical Introduction 559 Textual Introduction 588 Textual Notes 599 Table of Emendations 609 Table of Alterations 630 End-of-Line Hyphenation 690 Later Revisions 694 Cross-References to Published Versions 712
