Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a writer and philosopher as well as a naturalist. Walden is considered his masterpiece. Bill McKibben is the author of Enough- Staying Human in an Engineered Age as well as The End of Nature and The Age of Missing Information. He lives with his family in the Adirondack Mountains.
Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the
present moment. --Robert D. Richardson, Jr., author of Henry
Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
'[Thoreau] says so many pithy and brilliant things, and offers so
many piquant, and, we may add, so many just, comments on society as
it is, that this book is well worth the reading, both for its
actual contents and its suggestive capacity.' --A. P. Peabody,
North American Review, 1854
'[Walden] still seems to me the best youth's companion yet written
by an American, for it carries a solemn warning against the loss of
one's valuables, it advances a good argument for traveling light
and trying new adventures, it rings with the power of powerful
adoration, it contains religious feeling without religious images,
and it steadfastly refuses to record bad news.' --E. B. White, Yale
Review, 1954
'Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the
present moment.' -Robert D. Richardson, Jr., author of Henry
Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the
present moment. --Robert D. Richardson, Jr., author of Henry
Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
'[Thoreau] says so many pithy and brilliant things, and offers so
many piquant, and, we may add, so many just, comments on society as
it is, that this book is well worth the reading, both for its
actual contents and its suggestive capacity.' --A. P. Peabody,
North American Review, 1854
'[Walden] still seems to me the best youth's companion yet
written by an American, for it carries a solemn warning against the
loss of one's valuables, it advances a good argument for traveling
light and trying new adventures, it rings with the power of
powerful adoration, it contains religious feeling without religious
images, and it steadfastly refuses to record bad news.' --E. B.
White, Yale Review, 1954
'Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of
the present moment.' -Robert D. Richardson, Jr., author of Henry
Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
Just 150 years ago, Houghton's predecessor, Ticknor & Fields, published a book called Walden by an unknown writer that has since made history. Here is an anniversary edition, which costs just half a cent less than the price Thoreau paid to build his cabin. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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