walden woods (mass.)

A graphic novel interpretation of Henry David Thoreau's "Walden," featuring the actual words from the text in which Thoreau describes his experiment in simple living.

Traces the history of Walden Pond, the Massachusetts pond made famous by Thoreau more than 150 years ago, detailing the geography of the pond, Thoreau's and Emerson's experiences of Walden over their lifetimes, the growth of the pond as a site of spiritual and literary pilgrimages, and the battle to protect the pond from developers.

Thoreau details his solitary and simple life on the shores of Walden Pond.

Thoreau discusses his philosophy of life and observations of nature written while spending two years in a cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts.

Presents nineteenth-century American writer and social activist Henry David Thoreau's reflections upon living alone among nature for two years on Massachusetts' Walden Pond.

Presents two texts by American writer Henry David Thoreau: "Walden," in which he offers his philosophy of life and observations of nature gleaned from a year of solitary living in a cabin on Walden Pond in Massachusetts, and "Civil Disobedience," a treatise on nonviolent resistance and protest.

Thoreau stresses the importance of a quiet reflective life and the rewards of a non-materialistic existence in "Walden" and discusses his belief in nonviolent protests against an unjust government in "On the duty of civil disobedience".

Collects annotated reprints of "Walden," "Civil Disobedience," "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Walking," and "Wild Apples," with sections from Thoreau's "Journal" and reactions to the author by Ralph Waldo Emerson and others with criticism by nineteen contributors, including E.B. White and Barbara Johnson.

Presents the full text of nineteenth-century American writer Henry David Thoreau's "Walden"; selections from "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," "Cape Cod," and "The Maine Woods"; and five significant essays by Thoreau.

A fully annotated edition of Henry David Thoreau's classic work "Walden", correcting errors and omissions from earlier editions of "Walden" and providing notes on the biographical, historical, and geographical contexts of Thoreau's life.