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Overview"In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write ""Walden"", a chronicle of his coexistence with nature. Thoreau has an important place among naturalists, but ""Walden"" has also had an effect on the work of social reformers such as Martin Luther King, John F. Kennedy, Leo Tolstoy and Gandhi." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henry Thoreau , Verlyn KlinkenborgPublisher: Everyman Imprint: Everyman's Library Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.469kg ISBN: 9781857151367ISBN 10: 1857151364 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 17 December 1992 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsA few brief but unaltered excerpts, carefully placed in context by an introduction and with ellipses scrupulously indicated, touch on the activities of a year's cycle and give the young reader a first taste of this beloved 19th-century author's account of his solitary stay in a pond-side cabin. With their dramatic use of black combined with the subtle tones of nature, Sabuda's handsome linoleum-cut illustrations recall Tejima's work in wood; quietly reflecting Thoreau's own reverence for his surroundings, they are sure to attract readers. Whether such abridgments are worthwhile is always debatable, but this one is done with such sensibility to its source that it's worth consideration. (Kirkus Reviews) Author InformationHenry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |