Walden;
or, Life in the woods /
by Henry D. Thoreau. Illustrated with 142 photographs, an introduction and interpretive comments by Edwin Way Teale.

Description

Main Author

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Related Names

Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-1980.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York, Dodd, Mead, 1946.

Subjects

Thoreau, Henry David, > Thoreau, Henry David, / 1817-1862.
Thoreau, Henry David, > Thoreau, Henry David, / 1817-1862 > Thoreau, Henry David, / 1817-1862 / Homes and haunts > Thoreau, Henry David, / 1817-1862 / Homes and haunts / Massachusetts > Thoreau, Henry David, / 1817-1862 / Homes and haunts / Massachusetts / Walden Woods.
Wilderness areas.
Solitude.
Natural history.
Manners and customs.
Homes.
Authors, American.
Loneliness.
Loneliness.
Solitude.
Authors, American > Authors, American / 19th century > Authors, American / 19th century / Biography.
Natural history > Natural history / Massachusetts > Natural history / Massachusetts / Walden Woods.
Wilderness areas > Wilderness areas / Massachusetts > Wilderness areas / Massachusetts / Walden Woods.
Massachusetts > Massachusetts / Walden Woods.
Walden Woods (Mass.) > Walden Woods (Mass.) / Social life and customs.
Biographies.
Biographies.

Summary

Thoreau's autobiographical account of his experiment in solitary living, his refusal to play by the rules of hard work and the accumulation of wealth and, above all, the freedom it gave him to adapt his living to the natural world around him.

Note

Illustrated lining-papers.
Also issued online.

Physical Description

xxv pages, 1 leaf, 386 pages including plates, portraits, maps frontispiece 26 cm

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