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"The pond was my well, ready dug," wrote Henry David Thoreau in his well-known book Walden; or, Life in the Woods . "For f...

The universe hangs on moral foundations...There is something in this universe which justifies William Cullen Bryant in saying, "Tru...

After nearly two years, the publisher ("falsely so called") was tired of storing unsold copies of A Week on the Concord and Merr...

May 6, 1862: Henry David Thoreau died 150 years ago today. Throughout the winter of 1861-62 Thoreau was confined to the house as his hea...

Writing to a friend on May 2, 1848, Henry David Thoreau theorized what humanity needs to sustain itself: "We must have our bread....

"I begin my letter with the strange sad news that John Thoreau has this afternoon left this world," wrote Lidian Emerson , wife o...

The second to last chapter of Walden ends: Thus was my first year's life in the woods completed; and the second year was similar t...

According to an 1854 journal entry by Henry David Thoreau : Wednesday Aug 9th To Boston Walden Published. Elder berries XXX. Waxwork yell...

"I started my third excursion to the Maine woods Monday, July 20th, 1857, with one companion, arriving at Bangor the next day at noon....

Their trip was full of problems from the beginning. To save money, the family chose to leave Europe in a merchant freighter, the Elizabeth ,...

In a small farmhouse well outside the center of the village of Concord (pictured at left), on July 12, 1817, David Henry Thoreau was born. ...

The death of Wallie , son of Ralph Waldo Emerson , was not the first loss in the life of the Concord Sage. Eleven years earlier, his first w...

Henry David Thoreau presented a lecture on January 26, 1848 to the Concord Lyceum which he titled, "The Relation of the Individual to...