The Guide to Walden Pond: An Exploration of the History, Nature, Landscape, and Literature of One of America’s Most Iconic Places
by Robert M. Thorson
From Houghton Mifflin Harcourt:
This is the first guidebook to Henry David Thoreau’s most defining place, visited by half a million people each year and widely known as the fountainhead of America’s environmental consciousness.
Using this guide, both armchair readers and trail-walkers alike can amble around the pond’s shoreline, pausing at fifteen special places to learn about people, historic events, and the natural world. Thoreau will be a constant companion via quotes from Walden. Stop by stop, the place of his book will merge with the book of his place.
Abundantly illustrated with photographs, drawings, and maps, this guide is a must-have for a meaningful, engaging tour of Walden Pond as well as a souvenir of a visit.
We’ve all heard of it. Many have read about it. Who among us wouldn’t want to visit Walden Pond? Even so, I must admit that it probably wouldn’t have made my list of sites to see in my next visit to New England. Until, that is, this book. It will help the visitor with logistics, of course, but more than that will explain the history – both natural and literary – and significance of the site.
The Guide to Walden Pond: An Exploration of the History, Nature, Landscape, and Literature of One of America’s Most Iconic Places
by Robert M. Thorson
Paperback; 272 pages
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; March 13, 2018
ISBN: 9781328969217
$16.99
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Posted by Grant McCreary on June 15th, 2018.
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