Walden and Other Writings

Thoreaus literary classic an elegantly written record of his experiment in simple living has engaged readers and thinkers for a century and a half. This edition of Walden is the first to set forth an authoritative text with generous annotations. Thoreau scholar Jeffrey S. Cramer has meticulously corrected errors and omissions from previous editions of Walden and here provides illuminating notes on the biographical historical and geographical contexts of Thoreaus life.