Walden, or, Life in the woods ; and, ''On the duty of civil disobedience''

Walden, or, Life in the woods -- On the duty of civil disobedience -- [Poems]. Sic vita ; Winter memories ; To the maiden in the east ; Smoke ; Mist ; Inspiration -- Afterword. Walden : the secret center / Perry Miller.;Contains Thoreau's philosophy of life and observations of nature he wrote while spending two years in a cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. Walden first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance. Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau makes precise scientific observations of nature as well as metaphorical and poetic uses of natural phenomena. He identifies many plants and animals by both their popular and scientific names, records in detail the color and clarity of different bodies of water, precisely dates and describes the freezing and thawing of the pond, and recounts his experiments to measure the depth and shape of the bottom of the supposedly "bottomless" Walden Pond. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden))

Meditations on human existence, society, government and other topics.

Publishers Weekly

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 children a brief taste of this classic. Using only quotations from the original work, Lowe tells the story of Thoreau's year in the woods, emphasizing his descriptions of nature,stet comma and action rather than his philosophical musings. Readers see the young Thoreau putting shingles on his roof, hoeing beans, welcoming a stranger; they can revel in the natural wonders he describes--the ``whip-poor-wills,'' in summer, the drifting snow in winter, the ice breaking in the pond in spring. Sabuda's superb linoleum-cut prints lend a hard-edged brilliance to the dark woods--where sunlight is filtered through etched leaves, and moonlight shimmers on the waters of the pond made famous by a young man's experiment with life. All ages. (Nov.)

Henry David Thoreau was the epitome of the Yankee spirit. In March, 1845, he set out to live life in a new way. [He] built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September 1847. Walden is Thoreaus autobiographical account of his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man.-Back cover Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden , is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musingsas well as Civil Disobedience , his protest against the government's interference with civil libertyhave inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature. Henry David Thoreau ; With A New Introduction By W.s. Merwin ; With An Afterword By Perry Miller ; Revised And Updated Bibliography. "As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them."