{"product_id":"walking","title":"Walking","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis Ixia Press edition, first published in 2019, is an unabridged republication of a standard text. The author presented an earlier version of the work as a lecture in April 1851, and 'Walking' was published as an essay in The Atlantic Monthly in June 1862.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHenry David Thoreau (1817-62) was an essayist, poet, and philosopher as well as one of America's foremost nature writers. He lived most of his life in Concord, Massachusetts, and was a close friend and protégé of Transcendentalist philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. \n\u003ci\u003eWalden, \u003c\/i\u003ea meditation on life in the woods, and \n\u003ci\u003eCivil Disobedience, \u003c\/i\u003e a polemic advocating dissent from unjust government, are his best-known works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"This Dover edition, first published in 2019, is an unabridged republication of a standard text. The author presented an earlier version of the work as a lecture in April 1851, and 'Walking' was published as an essay in The Atlantic Monthly in June 1862\"--Title page verso.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"For I believe that climate does thus react on man -- as there is something in the mountain air that feeds the spirit and inspires.\" \n\u003cbr\u003eHenry David Thoreau's \n\u003ci\u003eWalking\u003c\/i\u003e began as a lecture in 1851 and ultimately appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e in 1862, shortly after the author's death. The impassioned essay, which praises the merits of time spent in nature, has become one of the most influential works of the modern environmentalist movement. Thoreau's view of walking in nature as a self-reflective activity invites readers to embark on their own ramble in order to gain a \"wild and dusky\" self-knowledge unattainable elsewhere. \n\u003cbr\u003eAmericans felt the pressures of a changing world even in the relatively slow-paced 1800s, and Thoreau proposed balancing social stress with unhurried wanderings in fields and woods. His writings, from \n\u003ci\u003eCivil Disobedience\u003c\/i\u003e to \n\u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e, remain popular because of their enduring relevance, and \n\u003ci\u003eWalking\u003c\/i\u003e bears a special resonance for modern readers who may have become disconnected from the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thoreau, Henry David\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2019-09-18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Humor \/ General|Nature \/ Essays|Literary Collections \/ Essays|Nature \/ Environmental Conservation \u0026amp; Protection|Philosophy \/ Essays|Sports \u0026amp; Recreation \/ Walking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Walking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.2 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486836485\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9780486836485\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52372696498457,"sku":"SP-9780486836485","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0913\/0380\/5209\/files\/9780486836485_spiral.png?v=1778443997","url":"https:\/\/westbindery.com\/products\/walking","provider":"West Bindery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}