The Spirit of the Huckleberry: Sensuousness in Henry Thoreau - Friesen, Victor Carl

Includes a letter from Victor Carl Friesen; Clean, tight, unmarked; very small dent in the dust jacket at front spine edge; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; Contrary to the cold, austere, stoic image many people have of Henry David Thoreau, the author believes that sensuousness accounts for the essential Thoreau. Thoreau wished to be attuned to each sight, sound, flavor, taste, and touch of nature and he carefully noted each new experience in his journals. Friesen also shows the implication of sensuousness in other areas pertaining to Thoreau's life, especially in his writing style, his notions about health and wildness, approach to economics and science, and his general philosophical outlook about man's relationship to nature. 

Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket   
Hardcover                    
University of Alberta Press    
1984    
Edmonton, AB