Henry David Thoreau spent hours hiking in the woods near his small cabin on Walden Pond. "He figured out that the way to break through into his own way of doing things was to think as he walked," ...

This July 12 marks 200 years since the birth of one of America’s most original and provocative writers. As the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth approaches, 21st-century publishing houses ...

Is there a more misunderstood American icon than Henry David Thoreau? You know, that lazy moocher . . . that nagging narcissist . . . that insolvent proto-hippie grooving away his days on the shores ...

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