Description
Book SynopsisIn honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth, this edition of Walden features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibbenBill McKibben gives us Thoreau's
Walden as the gospel of the present moment, as a neccessary book because it is useful right now.
--Robert Richardson, author of
Henry Thoreau, A Life of the Mind and
Emerson: The Mind on Fire“We need to understand that when Thoreau sat in the dooryard of his cabin ‘from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house,’ he was offering counsel and example exactly suited for our perilous moment in time.”
—Bill McKibben, from the introduction
First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire
