Woodsburner

Author: John Pipkin
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: B005MZDHG2

Woodsburner: A Novel

Woodsburner springs from a little-known event in the life of one of America's most iconic figures, Henry David Thoreau. Get Woodsburner literature books for free.
On April 30, 1844, a year before he built his cabin on Walden Pond, Thoreau accidentally started a forest fire that destroyed three hundred acres of the Concord woods-an event that altered the landscape of American thought in a single day.

Against the background of Thoreau's fire, Pipkin's ambitious debut penetrates the mind of the young philosopher while also painting a panorama of the young nation at a formative moment. Pipkin's Thoreau is a lost soul, plagued by indecision, resigned to a career designing pencils for his father's factory while dreaming of better things. On the day of the fire, his Check Woodsburner our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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