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TORONTO: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001. Reissue Edition.. SOFTCOVER. NEAR FINE. 1ST. 7 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches. pp. 432. LIKE NEW, NO CREASES, NOT EX-LIB, CLEAN ND NO MARKINGS. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (February 17, 2001) Language: English SOFTCOVER: 432 pages ISBN-10: 0393321150 ISBN-13: 978-0393321159 Item Weight: 1.77 POUNDS Dimensions: 7 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches. The final harvest of our great nature writer's last years, Wild Fruits presents Thoreau's distinctly American gospel? a sacramental vision of nature in which the tension between Thoreau the naturalist and Thoreau the missionary for nature's wonders invigorates nearly every page (Time). In transcribing the 150-year-old manuscript's cryptic handwriting and complex notations, Thoreau specialist Bradley Dean has performed a heroic feat of decipherment (Booklist) to bring this great work to light.