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Walden | 
 enlarge | Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Digireads.com
Category: Book
List Price: $6.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 4969
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 156
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 1420922610
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9781420922615
ASIN: 1420922610
Publication Date: January 1, 2005
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"Walden" is the classic account of two years spent by Henry David Thoreau living at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The story is detailed in its accounts of Thoreau's day-to-day activities, observations, and undertakings to survive out in the wilderness for two years. Thoreau's journal is an exquisite account of a man seeking a more simple life by living in harmony with nature. In today's fast-paced consumer-driven society the austere life style endorsed by Thoreau is as relevant and refreshing as ever.
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 We read this in high school english: we became obsessed July 30, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Back in high school this was required reading...not the whole thing but a decent chunk. Pretty much all of us became obsessed with this book and we'd talk about it all the time, both during and after class. Our teacher was really good at his job, but this is also simply and amazing book. It's really a masterpiece.
A Must Own Book April 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is fantastic. It's one of my favorite books along with Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey. The Transcendentalists really knew what was going on. In our consumeristic times, it is necessary to learn how to simplify. That is what Thoreau was all about.
 The print and size of book make it hard to read April 5, 2008
10 out of 18 found this review helpful
Something about the way the book was put together, literally- the size of the book is too big and you cannot hold it right because the print is all the way to the middle crease. Very akward. Disappointed- damn cheap publisher! My mom has an old extra copy she is going to give me. This is going to goodwill.
Thoreau is awesome. Too bad the book doesn't live up to his words.
Loved it! January 7, 2008
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
The service was prompt, the book was brand new, and cheaper than the list price!!!
Walden, by Henry David Thoreau July 14, 2007
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
This book should be required reading for every high school and college student in every school in the country. Our narcissistic, throwaway, gadget-intoxicated society needs to hear Thoreau's message about the satisfaction gained through living simply, and about the difference between want and need. Not to mention his pronouncement that we do not own our possessions but are rather owned and enslaved by them.
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