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Book SynopsisThoreau turned toward Indians in his writing as well as in his life, and this book traces the long and arduous process by which his ideas about Indians evolved from savagist stereotypes to attitudes of greater originality. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgements, pg. xvii*References, pg. xix*CHAPTER I. Savagism, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. "As Long as Grass Grows and Water Runs", pg. 28*CHAPTER III. The Vision Quest-Walden, pg. 59*CHAPTER IV. A Book about Indians?, pg. 101*CHAPTER V. Beyond Savagism, pg. 123*CHAPTER VI. Maine-The Lessons of the Forest, pg. 155*CHAPTER VII. On the Sky-Tinted River, pg. 194*APPENDIX. On the Name and Number of the "Indian Books", pg. 217*Notes, pg. 221*Index, pg. 233
