![]() ![]() Via the Walden Woods Project, you can download a pdf of the essay as it originally appeared. As part of my method tourism and to get some sense of Thoreaus universe, I have started taking aimless walks in the woods. The text presented here is that of “Walking,” The Atlantic Monthly, vol. ” (Walter Harding, The Days of Henry Thoreau, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1962: 286). ![]() But just before his death, he put the two back together again and sold the essay to the Atlantic Monthly where it was published in the issue of June 1862. Walking Henry David Thoreau 3.78 8,565 ratings759 reviews The philosophies of Henry David Thoreau (18171862)hero to environmentalists and ecologists, profound thinker on humanity's happinesshave greatly influenced the American character, and his writings on human nature, materialism, and the natural world continue to be of profound import today. The American writer and transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau (12th July 18176th May 1862), friend and admirer of Emerson, also found inspiration from the great outdoors. ![]() It was to become one of his favorite lectures, one that he repeated many times, working it over and adding to it each time until eventually it became large enough to break into two, the new part entitled “Walking.” Because he knew the market for it would vanish once it reached print, he was careful not to have either part published in his lifetime. On April 23, 1851, Thoreau “tried out a new lecture, entitled ‘The Wild,’ on the Concord Lyceum and on May 31 repeated it in Worcester. ![]()
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