Product Description An unabridged, illustrated edition of ‘Walking’ with an introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson and the essay ‘Night and Moonlight,’ at book’s end
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.
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
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”.
It took a small longer than expected for the book to arrive, but it was in brilliant condition.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
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
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
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
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