Walking

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Henry David Thoreau

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Hardback

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This summation of his life's work, published posthumously in 1862, became a seminal influence in the modern environmental movement and is no less relevant today than 150 years ago. "Above all, we cannot afford not to live in the present," he wrote. He extolled walking as a delightful and necessary idleness, an antidote to the burdens of civilization, a means of immersing ourselves in nature and awakening to the moment. "Walking" is recognized by most scholars as Thoreau's "other" masterpiece, Walden in a more concise form. In the introduction of this edition, Adam Tuchinsky accessibly and engagingly unpacks the essay's nineteenth-century associations, highlights the startling modernity of its sentiments, and reveals why Thoreau remains the towering figure in the history of American nature writing. Exquisite contemporary nature photographs curated by Denise Froehlich grace this handsome book. antique-looking paper B&W nature photos from Kurito Koichiro and other fine art photographers captioned with memorable lines from Thoreau's writings.

Author Biography:

ADAM TUCHINSKY (Portland, ME) is Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Southern Maine and an Associate Professor of History. He is the author of Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune: Civil War-Era Socialism and the Crisis of Free Labor (Cornell, 2009) and several essays on Transcendentalism.

Release date Australia

May 31st, 2019

Author

Henry David Thoreau

Contributor

Introduction by Adam Tuchinsky

Pages

128

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

15 Photos

Publisher

Tilbury House,U.S.

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Tilbury House,U.S.

Dimensions

147x224x18

ISBN-13

9780884486138

Product ID

26720228

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