First and Last Journeys of Thoreau: (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) Lately Discovered Among His Unpublished Journals

Edited by Thoreau's long-time associate Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, this is a 1905 compilation of the philosopher-poet's early fragments, diaries, verse, drafts, and metaphysical musings on nature. Included are accounts of his 1839 trip with his brother along the Concord and Merrimac Rivers, as well as travels to Staten Island and his famous "Journey West, " to Minnesota.