Woodsburner
by John Pipkin
- ISBN
- 9780307455321
Woodsburner is a forest fires, fiction, biographical book by John Pipkin.
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On April 30, 1844, a year before he built his cabin on Walden Pond, Henry David 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 backdrop of Thoreau's fire, Pipkin's ambitious debut penetrates the mind of the young philosopher while painting a panorama of the young nation at a formative moment.
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What genre is Woodsburner?+
Woodsburner is a Forest fires, Fiction, biographical, Massachusetts, fiction book.
What is Woodsburner about?+
On April 30, 1844, a year before he built his cabin on Walden Pond, Henry David 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 backdrop of Thoreau's fire, Pipkin'...
Who wrote Woodsburner?+
Woodsburner was written by John Pipkin.