Walking

5 Responses to “Walking”

1. Mary E. Rank says:

   March 24, 2010 at 4:37 pm

   It took a small longer than expected for the book to arrive, but it was in brilliant condition.
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
2. Bartok Kinski says:

   March 24, 2010 at 6:32 pm

   When I was in a hospital for 6 months, all I did was read this book by Henry David Thoreau. I longed to get outside and walk in the forest and smell the fresh dung of deer, stings of arachnoids and odor of skunks.

   I couldn’t figure out the cryptic meaning the book posits at all. It’s my own belief that scenery might be a “woman” and Walking might be copulation but he also mentions porcupines in it, so at times I am left clueless. Most of the animals he mentions are now extinct, he was writing in 1825 after Charles Robert Darwin (English naturalist) dropped him off in Maine. I’m not sure if Thoreau was ‘lost’ and couldn’t get back to NYC or if he was just going around in circles.

   If you’re a zoologist, it might be worth your while to try to guess what animals he writes about. Most of the forests he mentions are now developed or manufacturing swathes of land, forming featureless suburban zones and polluting factories.

   Henry David Thoreau lived on the largest island of Elba where he was killed by the USA government for not paying his taxes on rum.

   A excellent read for people of any weight.

   Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Penguin Classics)
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
3. Nelle Mercer says:

   March 24, 2010 at 9:18 pm

   Required reading for freshmen entering SUNY Geneseo in preparation for an Adirondack Adventure. Bought this version after inadvertantly getting an abridged Walking.
   Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
4. Joshua Campbell says:

   March 24, 2010 at 11:49 pm

   Thoreau is permanently incredible regardless of which work I read. Walking is a fantastic fleeting read with copious valuable thoughts which aid in one’s thinking. Whether you agree or disagree with Thoreau, you will be conditioned to reflect for yourself and choose what is best for you, building life all that much better. I highly recommend this book to any “Outdoor Philosopher”.

   Josh
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
5. Ofir Hilvert says:

   March 25, 2010 at 2:14 am

   ok it’s ancient english, but it’s classical masterpiece.
   
   i recommend it to anyone that delight in and dream of scenery and the wild.
   Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5