Henry David Thoreau Walden Introduced by Edward Hoagland ISBN: 978-1-59853-063-6 390 pp. / $11.95 Printed on high-quality acid-free paper SAVE 20% and get FREE Shipping anywhere in the U.S. when you order from the LOA Web Store! Web Store Price: $9.56

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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 a record of the 26 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 he left behind. Elegant, funny, profound, and quietly searching, Walden remains the most persuasive American argument for simplicity of life and clarity of conscience.

Best known for his nature and science writing, Edward Hoagland has written nearly twenty books, including Cat Man (about his years working for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus), Walking the Dead Diamond River (a 1974 National Book Award nominee), African Calliope (a 1980 American Book Award nominee), and The Tugman’s Passage (a 1982 National Book Critics Circle Award nominee).