A Year Among the Trees: Or the Woods and by-Ways of New England (Classic Reprint)

To men who had been accustomed to the Open and cultivated plains of Europe, this waste of woods, those hills without prospect, that pathless wilderness, and its inhabitants as savage as the aspect of the coun try, must have seemed equally sublime and terrible.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at forgottenbooksThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Excerpt from A Year Among the Trees: Or the Woods and by-Ways of New EnglandWhen the Pilgrim first landed on the coast of America, the most remarkable feature of its scenery that drew his attention, next to the absence of towns and villages, was an almost universal forest. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing