{"product_id":"walden-isbn-9781598530636","title":"Walden","description":"\u003cb\u003eA special edition of “the most remarkable book in the American canon”—Thoreau’s timeless ode to the beauty of a life lived simply and among nature (Bill McKibben)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his pencil-manufacturing business and began building a cabin on the shore of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. This lyrical yet practical-minded book is at once the record of the twenty-six months Thoreau spent in withdrawal from society—an account of the daily details of building, planting, hunting, cooking, and always, observing nature—and a declaration of independence from the oppressive mores and spiritual sterility of the world he left behind. Elegant, funny, profound, and quietly searching, \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e remains the most persuasive American argument for simplicity of life and clarity of conscience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For almost thirty years, \u003cb\u003eThe Library of America\u003c\/b\u003e has presented America's best and most significant writing in acclaimed hardcover editions. Now, a new series, Library of America Paperback Classics, offers attractive and affordable books that bring The Library of America's authoritative texts within easy reach of every reader. Each book features an introductory essay by one of a leading writer, as well as a detailed chronology of the author's life and career, an essay on the choice and history of the text, and notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The contents of this Paperback Classic are drawn from \u003ci\u003eHenry David Thoreau: A Week, Walden, The Maine Woods, Cape Cod,\u003c\/i\u003e volume number 28 in the Library of America series. That volume is joined in the series by a companion volume, number 124, \u003ci\u003eHenry David Thoreau: Collected Essays and Poems\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. While living at Walden Pond, Thoreau worked on the two books published during his lifetime: \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e (1854) and \u003ci\u003eA Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e (1849). Several of his other works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCape Cod\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eExcursions\u003c\/i\u003e, were published posthumously. Thoreau died in Concord, at the age of forty-four, in 1862.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdward Hoagland\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003eThe Courage of Turtles\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWalking the Dead Diamond River, Red Wolves and Black Bears,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNotes from the Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304681197797,"sku":"NP9781598530636","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598530636.jpg?v=1767743555","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/walden-isbn-9781598530636","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}