Introduction : land of the grass-ground river -- Part I. The making of Thoreau. Concord sons and daughters -- Higher learning from Concord to Harvard (1826-1837) -- Transcendental apprentice ...

Stewarding over 1,000 acres of land in Barnstable, the Barnstable Land Trust works to conserve some of the Cape's illustrious landscape. In celebration of its 40th anniversary, the trust will host a ...

Henry David Thoreau died on May 6, 1862, in Concord, Mass., surrounded by books and flowers. At the funeral, his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a eulogy that emphasized Thoreau’s ...

"In Search of Thoreau's Flowers," on view at the Gregg Museum through January, takes visitors on a walk around Walden Pond.

In chaotic political times, when our health and spirits feel low, a long walk may be just the restorative medicine we need PROVIDENCE — The transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau preferred the ...

Australasian Journal of American Studies, Vol. 42, No. 2 (DECEMBER 2023), pp. 33-60 (28 pages) During the antebellum period the United States was swiftly becoming a consumer society, characterized by ...