Walden; or, Life in the Woods

Naturalist, essayist and early environmentalist, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was one for whom nature was a religion. One product of his two-year sojourn at the pond was this book - one of the great classics of American letters. Interwoven with accounts of Thoreau's daily life are meditations on human existence, society, government and other topics, expressed with clear-headed wisdom and remarkable beauty of style.