But that doesn't necessarily mean they're well-versed in Thoreau's work, particularly his 1854 book Walden, or Life in the Woods, where he wrote about "brain-rot." It was the first recorded use of ...

ISBN 978-0-399-22153-8 Shrinking Walden into picture book size is somewhat like trying to fit Moby Dick into an aquarium. Still, Lowe's selections from Thoreau's iconoclastic work will give ...

Annually, over a half-million people pay homage to the storied pond and spiritually-nourishing woods where Henry David ...

“I am on the alert for the first signs of spring,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. The author of Walden recorded first flowering times from 1852 to 1858 for more than 300 plant species in ...

His 1854 book “Walden” (or “Life in the Woods”), which is a reflection on simple living, is still being read today by nature lovers around the world. In his conclusions, Thoreau criticized ...

Thoreau worried about society’s desire to dumb down complex ideas. He feared a decline in intellect when he wrote the ...

The Warminster Library will hold a historical re-enactment with the literary figure known for living at Walden Pond in the ...

In this immersive historical fiction Helen Humphreys richly imagines the robust inner life of naturalist and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau ... s first visit to Walden Pond with his close ...

One of the most influential and compelling books in American literature, Walden is a vivid account of the years that Henry D. Thoreau spent alone in a secluded cabin at Walden Pond. This ...

It’s during these times that the play deviates from its namesake — a book written by the American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, who wrote his Walden after spending two years alone in ...