The Illustrated Walden: Thoreau Bicentennial Edition

by Henry David Thoreau and illustrated by Ethelbert White: Henry David Thoreau

Book Overview

To coincide with the bicentennial of Thoreau's birth and TarcherPerigee's publication of Expect Great Things: The Life of Henry David Thoreau, here is a sumptuous rediscovery edition of the first illustrated volume of Thoreau's classic, as originally issued in 1897.

In 1897, thirty-five years after Thoreau's death, Houghton Mifflin issued a two-volume "Holiday Edition" of Walden illustrated with thirty remarkable engravings,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143129260
• ISBN13: 9780143129264
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Horrible version! TINY PRINT!!

Haven’t gotten to read the book because the print is so small I can’t see it! Buy a different version other than this one.

Super boring!!

Thought this would be a nice read. Boy, I was wrong.

The Map Back to Eden

After I crashed and burned in a college intro to philosophy course, I wanted to see if I could find a work by someone who was both a thinker and a writer.Thoreau, in his book Walden, proves himself to be it.Walden is the narrative of the author's two year stay at the aforementioned pond. He has decided to live life simply, and in a collection of loosely connected essays, he describes the people, animals, and the pond that make up his new home. If you haven't spent real time out in nature, you might think this book is ridiculous. But go into the woods, and stay there until boredom and longing for the city stops. Just then you'll realize the awe he felt when examining the ice bubbles and listening to vagabond squirells. Thoreau has rediscovered the patches of Eden that still exist in the world. And if we are open-minded enough to listen to his instructions, we can find our way back to them.Even if his insights into the idyllic perfection in nature fail to sway you to live more lightly in the world, Thoreau will open your eyes to the benefits of philosophy. He understands the man who marches to the beat of a different drummer, and shows through his clear, crisp text the results that thought and contemplation can hold for anyone.