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Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
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046094
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9780486284958
Grade 9-AD
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Henry David Thoreau was a 19th century environmentalist who built a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts. For two years and two months (during 1845-1847), Thoreau lived in his cabin, where he lived simply and aimed to be self-sufficient. He farmed, observed nature, surveyed, and wrote in his journal. This classic of the American Romantic period expresses the spirit of New England Transcendentalism through accounts of Thoreau's daily life, detailed nature writing, and meditations on society, government, human existence, and more. 216 pgs, pb. ~ Lisa
Publisher's Description of Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
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 (he received visitors and almost daily walked into Concord) are mediations on human existence, society, government, and other topics, expressed with wisdom and beauty of style.
Waldenoffers 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.
A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
Reprint of the Ticknor and Fields, Boston, 1854 edition.
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| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Dover Publications |
| Author: | Henry David Thoreau |
| Grades: | 9-AD |
| ISBN: | 9780486284958 |
| Length in Inches: | 8.25 |
| Width in Inches: | 5.25 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.35 |
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