In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau's birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben
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Introduction by
Bill McKibben
WALDEN
Economy
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Reading
Sounds
Solitude
Visitors
The Bean-Field
The Village
The Ponds
Baker Farm
Higher Laws
Brute Neighbors
House-Warming
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors
Winter Animals
The Pond in Winter
Spring
Conclusion
"Walden-republished by Beacon Press this year with an inspired introduction by Bill McKibben about Thoreau's relevance to our own spiritually impoverished reality-is arguably the most important work of literary nonfiction in the American canon."
-The New York Review of Books
"Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the present moment."
-Robert D. Richardson Jr., author of Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
"A stunning new edition [with an] illuminating introduction...McKibben's voice melds with, but never overtakes, that of Thoreau."
-The Oregonian
"McKibben provides the most Thoreauvian introduction to Thoreau's classic that I have ever seen."
-Lawrence Buell, author of Emerson and Writing for an Endangered World
Introduction by
Bill McKibben
WALDEN
Economy
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
Reading
Sounds
Solitude
Visitors
The Bean-Field
The Village
The Ponds
Baker Farm
Higher Laws
Brute Neighbors
House-Warming
Former Inhabitants; and Winter Visitors
Winter Animals
The Pond in Winter
Spring
Conclusion
"Walden-republished by Beacon Press this year with an inspired introduction by Bill McKibben about Thoreau's relevance to our own spiritually impoverished reality-is arguably the most important work of literary nonfiction in the American canon."
-The New York Review of Books
"Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau's Walden as the gospel of the present moment."
-Robert D. Richardson Jr., author of Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
"A stunning new edition [with an] illuminating introduction...McKibben's voice melds with, but never overtakes, that of Thoreau."
-The Oregonian
"McKibben provides the most Thoreauvian introduction to Thoreau's classic that I have ever seen."
-Lawrence Buell, author of Emerson and Writing for an Endangered World
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