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Walden / Henry David Thoreau ; introduction and annotations by Bill McKibben.
- Title
- Walden / Henry David Thoreau ; introduction and annotations by Bill McKibben.
- Author
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
- Publication
- Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2017]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PS3048 .A1 2017 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- McKibben, Bill
- Description
- xxiii, 312 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau's birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben. 'We need to understand that when Thoreau sat in the dooryard of his cabin 'from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house,' he was offering counsel and example exactly suited for our perilous moment in time.' --Bill McKibben, from the introduction. First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau's groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind, a love of nature, and a longing for simplicity and contemplation. Bill McKibben provides a newly revised introduction and helpful annotations that place Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. This beautiful edition of Walden, published in honor of the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth, is more accessible and relevant than ever in an age of technological change and ecological crisis"--
- Subject
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 > Homes and haunts > Massachusetts > Walden Woods
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
- 1800-1899
- Wilderness areas > Massachusetts > Walden Woods
- Natural history > Massachusetts > Walden Woods
- Authors, American > 19th century > Biography
- Solitude
- NATURE / Essays
- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
- Authors, American
- Homes
- Manners and customs
- Natural history
- Wilderness areas
- Loneliness
- Walden Woods (Mass.) > Social life and customs
- Massachusetts > Walden Woods
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Economy -- Where I Lived, and What I Lived For -- Reading -- Sounds -- Solitude -- Visitors -- The Bean-Field -- The Village -- The Ponds -- Baker Farm -- Higher Laws -- Brute Neighbors -- House-Warming -- Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors -- Winter Animals -- The Pond in Winter -- Spring.
- ISBN
- 9780807098134
- 0807098132
- LCCN
- ^^2017003944
- OCLC
- 959949148
- SCSB-11051097
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library