"Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau" takes a journey back in time to the final two days Henry David Thoreau spent in his cabin before leaving Walden Pond. Taken from actual writings and conversations ...

In her debut novel, Swedish pop star Annika Norlin spins a tale about a woman who, like Thoreau, seeks a simple life away ...

(Admission is pay-what-you-can, but a $5 donation is suggested.) The library has an original copy of Thoreau’s “Walden,” purchased in 1854, in its private collection, but in the main reading ...

Annually, over a half-million people pay homage to the storied pond and spiritually-nourishing woods where Henry David ...

The Real Henry David Thoreau.” (The title was later changed in the online version linked here.) As you surmised, it was unflattering. The “real” guy behind Walden and Civil Disobedience was ...

In April, for the second year running, the library is excited to partner with the Westerly Land Trust for a book discussion ...

“I am on the alert for the first signs of spring,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. The author of Walden recorded first flowering times from 1852 to 1858 for more than 300 plant species in ...

The U.S. author and philosopher Henry D. Thoreau (1817-1862) was in his late 20s when he built himself a hut on the shores of Walden Pond in Greater Boston, Massachusetts, where he lived a life of ...