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by: Roland Wells Robbins
Binding: Paperback
Label: G. R. Barnstead & son
Manufacturer: G. R. Barnstead & son
Number Of Pages: 60
Publication Date: 1947
Publisher: G. R. Barnstead & son
Sales Rank: 2123061
Studio: G. R. Barnstead & son
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Rating: - How Robbins found the original site of Thoreau's Walden Pond house
The Thoreau Society was only four years old when its members celebrated the 100th anniversary of Thoreau's self-imposed retreat by walking around Walden Pond themselves in 1945. There they speculated on the REAL site of Thoreau's house, as he so aptly described in the book "Walden." A cairn of rocks in tribute to Thoreau were piled high, presumably in the right spot, since Bronson Alcott had begun the practice 10 years after Henry's death. But was that really the right place? How could its correct ... Read More
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