Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) by Henry David Thoreau is an American classic. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, and manual for self reliance. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau's sojourn in a cabin near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.
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- Seller
- Dreadnought Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 41560
- Title
- Walden
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Walter Scott
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1888
- Keywords
- BZDB243 transcendentalist, spirituality, simple living, satire, sociology, history, philosophy, local Natural History & Resources; United States; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded Henry David Thoreau Walden
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Natural History & Resources;
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