The Roots of Walden and the Tree of Life (association copy)
Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. An association copy, inscribed on the title page: "To Bob Galvin, who makes things work. Sincerely, Gordon Boudreau." Uncommon signed. Bob Galvin served for ten years on the board of the Thoreau Society and for four years as its vice president (his license plate apparently read "THORO"). This book is "an account of Thoreau's creative process," drawing on his journals and on A Week, and puts forward two "grand natural fores shaping Thoreau's thinking and writing--the law of currents and the law of vegetation." Bordeau taught at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY. White cloth with blue endpapers. A fine copy with a gold "This book was purchased from the Thoreau Society at the the shop at Walden Pond" sticker on the front pastedown In a very good jacket with a little wear to corners and spine ends, a previous price sticker at the top of the front flap. Very good / Very good. Item #2064
ISBN: 0826512356
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