walden woods (mass.)

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".

Presents an annotated version of the 1854 edition of "Walden, " in which Thoreau offers his philosophy of life and observations of nature gleaned from two years of solitude living in a cabin on Walden Pond in Massachusetts.

Eighteen-year-old Larry retreats to Walden Pond and a meeting with a spiritual guru who convinces him to join his study group; but after a while, Larry begins to question his own grasp of reality.

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.

A collection of eight critical essays on Thoreau's "Walden" arranged in chronological order of publication.

Presents nineteenth-century American author Henry David Thoreau's reflections on living alone among nature for two years on Walden Pond in Massachusetts, and includes an introduction, explanatory notes, and an ecological appendix.