Walking / by Henry David Thoreau ; introduction by Adam Tuchinsky.
| Author/creator | Thoreau, Henry David author. |
| Other author | Tuchinsky, Adam-Max, writer of introduction. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First hardcover edition. |
| Publication | Thomaston, ME : Tilbury House Publishers, 2017. |
| Copyright Date | ©2017 |
| Description | 107 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | ""In Wildness is the preservation of the World," wrote Henry David Thoreau in his iconic deathbed essay "Walking." Published posthumously in 1862, "Walking" became a seminal influence in the environmental movement. "Above all," wrote Thoreau, "we cannot afford not to live in the present." He extolled walking as a delightful and necessary idleness, an antidote to the burdens of civilization, a means of immersing ourselves in nature and awakening to the moment. "Walking" is widely recognized as Thoreau's "other" masterpiece, Walden in a more concise form. Each reading of "Walking" offers new epiphanies from a writer and thinker who, two centuries after his birth in 1817, remains a towering figure in American nature writing. In the introduction to this book, Adam Tuchinsky accessibly and engagingly unpacks the essay's nineteenth-century associations and highlights the startling modernity of its sentiments."--Jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (page 23). |
| ISBN | 9780884486138 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0884486133 hardcover |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3051 .W35 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |