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Walden Pond: A History
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Walden Pond: A History Hardcover - 2004

by Maynard, W. Barksdale

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  • Hardcover

Perhaps no other natural setting has as much literary, spiritual, and environmental significance for Americans as Walden Pond. Here is the first history of the Massachusetts pond Thoreau made famous 150 years ago.

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Oxford University Press, 2/12/2004 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Very Good. 1.0787 in x 9.6811 in x 6.0787 in. First edition with full number line. Light shelf wear. Else clean and tight.
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  • Title Walden Pond: A History
  • Author Maynard, W. Barksdale
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York, NY
  • Date 2/12/2004 12:00:01 A
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # mon0000134099
  • ISBN 9780195168419 / 0195168410
  • Weight 1.85 lbs (0.84 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.68 x 6.08 x 1.08 in (24.59 x 15.44 x 2.74 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: New England
    • Geographic Orientation: Massachusetts
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Thoreau, Henry David - Homes and haunts -, Walden Pond (Middlesex County, Mass.) -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003051867
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.44

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2004, Page 1022
  • Books & Culture, 07/01/2004, Page 15
  • Choice, 11/01/2004, Page 549
  • Kirkus Reviews, 12/15/2003, Page 1439
  • New York Times, 06/13/2004, Page 24
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/24/2003, Page 49

About the author

W. Barksdale Maynard teaches architectural history at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Delaware and is the author of Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850. He has served as a consultant for The Walden Woods Project and was a visiting scholar at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods. He lives in Newark, Delaware.