Walden: With an Introduction and Annotations by Bill McKibben
With An Introduction And Annotations By Bill McKibben
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- Paperback
344 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2018
Summary
Plt;BPgt;An annotated, re-packaged edition of Walden to honor the bicentennial of Henry David ThoreauP#39;s birthPlt;/BPgt;, Plt;BPgt;featuring an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibbenPlt;/BPgt;Plt;bPgt;In honor of the bicentennial of Henry David ThoreauP#8217;s birth, this edition of Plt;iPgt;WaldenPlt;/iPgt; features an introduction and annotations by renowned environmentalist Bill McKibbenPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Pquot;Bill McKibben gives us ThoreauP#39;sP#160;Plt;iPgt;WaldenPlt;/iPgt;P#160;as the gospel of the present moment, as a neccessary book because it is useful right now.Pquot;Plt;brPgt;–Robert Richardson, author ofP#160;Plt;iPgt;Henry Thoreau, A Life of the MindP#160;Plt;/iPgt;andP#160;Plt;iPgt;Emerson: The Mind on FirePlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;P#8220;We need to understand that when Thoreau sat in the dooryard of his cabin P#8216;from sunrise till noon, rapt in a revery, in undisturbed solitude and stillness, while the birds sang around or flitted noiseless through the house,P#8217; he was offering counsel and example exactly suited for our perilous moment in time.P#8221;Plt;brPgt;P#8212;Bill McKibben, from the introductionPlt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;First published in 1854, Henry David ThoreauP#8217;s groundbreaking book has influenced generations of readers and continues to inspire and inform anyone with an open mind, a love of nature, and a longing for simplicity and contemplation. Bill McKibben provides a newly revised introduction and helpful annotations that place Thoreau firmly in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. This beautiful edition of Plt;iPgt;WaldenPlt;/iPgt;, published in honor of the bicentennial of ThoreauP#8217;s birth, is more accessible and relevant than ever in an age of technological change and ecological crisis.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807098134 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807098132 |
| Author: | Henry David Thoreau, Bill McKibben |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 344 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 403g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Concord Library |
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Critics Review
“Walden—republished by Beacon Press this year with an inspired introduction by Bill McKibben about Thoreau’s relevance to our own spiritually impoverished reality—is arguably the most important work of literary nonfiction in the American canon.”
—The New York Review of Books
“Bill McKibben gives us Thoreau’s Walden as the gospel of the present moment.”
—Robert D. Richardson Jr., author of Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
“A stunning new edition [with an] illuminating introduction…McKibben’s voice melds with, but never overtakes, that of Thoreau.”
—The Oregonian
“McKibben provides the most Thoreauvian introduction to Thoreau’s classic that I have ever seen.”
—Lawrence Buell, author of Emerson and Writing for an Endangered World
Henry David Thoreau
Plt;bPgt;Henry David ThoreauPlt;/bPgt; (1817-1862) was a writer, philosopher, and naturalist. Plt;iPgt;WaldenPlt;/iPgt; is considered his masterpiece.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;bPgt;Bill McKibbenPlt;/bPgt; has written a dozen books about the environment, including Plt;iPgt;The End of NaturePlt;/iPgt; and Plt;iPgt;Oil and HoneyPlt;/iPgt;. Founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, he is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College.
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