Woodsmen: Or, Thoreau and the Indians; A Novel
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This is the story of a professor who, with his life falling apart, seeks to overcome his inaction and lack of conviction by following Thoreau's lifestyle and ideals. He buys a parcel of wooded land in upstate New York, envisioning a life there similar to Thoreau's on Walden Pond. Accompanied by his friends Hope, Jules, Anna, Ariel, and Hassan, he travels to view his purchase but instead finds two signs posted by others claiming ownership of the land: one by land developers and the other by the Poquosett Tribe of Indians. Throughout the novel, Krupat contrasts Thoreau's philosophy of living in nature with the lifestyles of both the Poquosett Indians and of the professor and his circle of academic friends. His tale is one of land use and appropriation, of living a life in nature, whether it be in the way of Thoreau or the Indians.
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