This illustrated edition of Walden features 66 photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, one of the great American landscape photographers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Gleason, who had a special love for what he called "the simple beauty of New England," became interested in Thoreau's work when commissioned in 1906 by the Houghton Mifflin Company to illustrate their edition of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. With the help of the few surviving people who had known Thoreau, Gleason searched out the exact places Thoreau had described--all of them still looking...
This illustrated edition of Walden features 66 photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, one of the great American landscape photographers of the n...
Walden is one of the best-known non-fiction books ever written by an American. It details Thoreaus sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson. Walden was written with expressed seasonal divisions. Thoreau hoped to isolate himself from society in order to gain a more objective understanding of it. Simplicity and self-reliance were Thoreaus other goals, and the whole project was inspired by Transcendentalist philosophy. This book is full of fascinating musings and reflections. As pertinent and relevant...
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Walden is one of the best-known non-fiction books ever written by an American. It details Thoreaus sojourn in a c...
This illustrated edition of Walden features 66 photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, one of the great American landscape photographers of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Gleason, who had a special love for what he called "the simple beauty of New England," became interested in Thoreau's work when commissioned in 1906 by the Houghton Mifflin Company to illustrate their edition of The Writings of Henry David Thoreau. With the help of the few surviving people who had known Thoreau, Gleason searched out the exact places Thoreau had described--all of them still looking...
This illustrated edition of Walden features 66 photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, one of the great American landscape photographers of the n...
Walden is a book written by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experience, spiritual journey of discovery, satire, and self-sufficiency manual. Published in 1854, it details the Thoreau experiences over two years in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst a forest of his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.
Walden is a book written by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experience, ...
