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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Attendees can enjoy a Saturday afternoon with a hot cup of tea, a biscuit, and a visit with Thoreau, a literary figure best ...

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 ...

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 ...