Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben av Henry David Thoreau

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<b>In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David Thoreau’s birth, this edition of <i>Walden</i> features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibben</b><br><br>"Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau''s <i>Walden</i> as the gospel of the present moment, as a neccessary book because it is useful right now."<br>--Robert Richardson, author of <i>Henry Thoreau, A Life of the Mind </i>and <i>Emerson: The Mind on Fire</i><br><br>“We need to understand that when Thoreau sat in the dooryard of his cabin ‘from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house,’ he was offering counsel and example exactly suited for our perilous moment in time.”<br>—Bill McKibben, from the introduction<br><br>First published in 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspi