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Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben

Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben

Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben

By Henry David Thoreau
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By Henry David Thoreau
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By Henry David Thoreau
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By Henry David Thoreau
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By Henry David Thoreau

By Henry David Thoreau

By Henry David Thoreau
Introduction by Bill McKibben

By Henry David Thoreau
Introduction by Bill McKibben

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    About Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben

    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

    “Bill 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 and inform anyone with an open mind, a love of nature, and a longing for simplicity and contemplation. Bill McKibben provides a newly revised introduction and helpful annotations that place Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. This beautiful edition of Walden, published in honor of the bicentennial of Thoreau’s birth, is more accessible and relevant than ever in an age of technological change and ecological crisis.

    About Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben

    First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind and a love of nature. With Bill McKibben providing a newly revised Introduction and helpful annotations that place Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer, this beautiful edition of Walden for the new millennium is more accessible and relevant than ever.

    About Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben

    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

    “Bill 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 and inform anyone with an open mind, a love of nature, and a longing for simplicity and contemplation. Bill McKibben provides a newly revised introduction and helpful annotations that place Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. This beautiful edition of Walden, published in honor of the bicentennial of Thoreau’s birth, is more accessible and relevant than ever in an age of technological change and ecological crisis.

    About Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben

    First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind and a love of nature. With Bill McKibben providing a newly revised Introduction and helpful annotations that place Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer, this beautiful edition of Walden for the new millennium is more accessible and relevant than ever.

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    Category: Science | Literary Collections

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    Published by Beacon Press
    Jun 27, 2017 | 344 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780807098134

    Category: Science | Literary Collections

    Paperback | $10.95
    Published by Beacon Press
    Jul 15, 2004 | 336 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780807014257

    Category: Science | Literary Collections

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Beacon Press
    Jun 27, 2017 | 344 Pages | ISBN 9780807098141

    Category: Science | Literary Collections

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Beacon Press
    Jul 15, 2004 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780807097137

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    Praise

    “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

    Table Of Contents

    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

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