Author: Robert M. Thorson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1328489175
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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The first guidebook to the landscape and history of the literary shrine to Thoreau, Walden Pond.

Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823448584
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43

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From the award-winning author of Before She Was Harriet comes another work of lyrical beauty, the story of Henry David Thoreau and businessman Frederic Tudor—and a changing world. Thoreau and Tudor could not have been more different from each other. Yet both shared the bounties of Walden Pond and would change the course of history through their writings and innovations. This study in opposites contrasts the austere philosopher with the consummate capitalist (whose innovations would change commercial ice harvesting and home refrigerators) to show how two seemingly conflicting American legacies could be built side by side. Oddball/ tax dodger/ nature lover/ dreamer/ That’s what they called/ Thoreau. Bankrupt/ disgrace/ good for nothing/ dreamer/ That’s what they called/ Tudor. Celebrated author Lesa Cline-Ransome takes her magnificent talent for research and detail to plumb the depths of these two history-makers. The graceful text is paired with Ashley Benham-Yazdani’s period accurate watercolor and pencil artwork. In winter, readers see Tudor’s men sawing through the ice, the workhorses dragging the ice, and Thoreau observing it all; in spring, summer, and fall, the ice continues its journey across the globe with Thoreau and Tudor writing and reflecting in their respective diaries. An Author’s Note, which explores how Thoreau’s writings influenced such figures as Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Frost, and Mohandas Gandhi, is included.

Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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Author: Robert M. Thorson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674728408
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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Walden's Shore explores Thoreau's understanding of the "living rock" on which life's complexity depends--not as metaphor but as physical science. Robert Thorson's subject is Thoreau the rock and mineral collector, interpreter of landscapes, and field scientist whose compass and measuring stick were as important to him as his plant press.

Author: Robert M. Thorson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 1328969215
Category : HISTORY
Languages : en
Pages : 271

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The first guidebook to the landscape and history of the literary shrine to Thoreau, Walden Pond.

Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience: This is Thoreau's classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty. One of the most famous essays ever written, it came to the attention of Gandhi and formed the basis for his passive resistance movement.

Author: Terry Barkley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781611214819
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Author Terry Barkley has gleaned archival sources, vital records, period newspaper accounts, and census rolls for everything that is known about Edmond Hotham whose sojourn at Walden Pond was the first and only time someone traveled there to emulate Thoreau's experiment in simplicity. The Other "Hermit" of Thoreau's Walden Pond is the first book-le

Author: Tim Smith
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738511221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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Walden Pond is a sublime place of peace and spirituality. Writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau built a one-room house in 1845 and lived on the shores of the pond for two years, two months, and two days. It is this "experiment in independent living" that draws millions of people to visit the pond and to pay homage to the man sometimes called the father of American conservation. Situated in woodland outside the town of Concord, the pond and the town itself also evoke history on a grand scale. The Revolutionary War and the literary revolution of the mid-nineteenth century both began in the area. Thoreau's Walden describes the beauty of this historical setting through the writings of Thoreau. The book uses many of his most captivating and inspiring quotations as a tribute to the man and his life, works, and philosophy. Beautiful images and descriptive historical writing combine to create a visual insight into the reasons why Thoreau lived at Walden and what he has to teach us about this most inspirational place. Thoreau's Walden also includes little-known facts about the writer and philosopher, including the stories behind his relationship with Ralph Waldo Emerson, his search for the perfect location for his experiment, and his many visitors, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Alcott family.

Author: William E. Cain
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195138635
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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Thoreau - philosopher, essayist, hermit, tax protester and original thinker - led a singular life. This biography includes contributions of his relationship with 19th cent authority and concepts of the land.

Author: William Barksdale Maynard
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780195168419
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 404

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A chronological narrative of Walden history explains the reasons for Thoreau's decision to build a home in the woods and recounts physical alterations made to Walden in the name of public access and safety.