| Walden or Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau (ILLUSTRATED): Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. Contributor(s): Henry David Thoreau (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798724155342 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $5.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.42 lbs) 72 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Illustrated with book-end doodles about reading
Nature was a form of religion for naturalist, essayist, and early environmentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817-62). In communing with the natural world, he wished to "live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and ... learn what it had to teach." Toward that end Thoreau built a cabin in the spring of 1845 on the shores of Walden Pond -- on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson -- outside Concord, Massachusetts. There he observed nature, farmed, built fences, surveyed, and wrote in his journal.One product of his two-year sojourn was this book -- a great classic of American letters. Interwoven with accounts of Thoreau's daily life are mediations on human existence, society, government, and other topics, expressed with wisdom and beauty of style.Walden offers abundant evidence of Thoreau's ability to begin with observations on a mundane incident or the minutiae of nature and then develop these observations into profound ruminations on the most fundamental human concerns. Credited with influencing Tolstoy, Gandhi, and other thinkers, the volume remains a masterpiece of philosophical reflection. |