Walden - Henry David Thoreau

The Mass Of Men Lead Lives Of Quiet Desperation' In 1845 Henry David Thoreau Left His Home Town Of Concord, Massachusetts To Begin A Life Alone, In A Rough Hut He Built Himself A Mile And A Half Away On The North-west Shore Of Walden Pond. Walden Is Thoreaus Classic Autobiographical Account Of This Experiment In Solitary Living, His Refusal To Play By The Rules Of Hard Work And The Accumulation Of Wealth And Above All The Freedom It Gave Him To Adapt His Living To The Natural World Around Him. This Edition Of Walden Traces The Sources Of Thoreaus Reading And Thinking And Considers The Author In The Context Of His Birthplace And His Sense Of Its History - Social, Economic And Natural.