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The Thoreau Institute
at Walden Woods Library
Thoreau's
Life & Writings: About Thoreau's Life &
Writings
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Jeffrey
S. Cramer (1955- )
Curator of Collections
The Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods
44 Baker Farm, Lincoln,
MA 01773-3004
Phone/Fax: 781-259-4730
e-mail:
Jeff.Cramer@walden.org
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Upcoming talks:
April 20,
2005 at
11:00 A.M.
The George I.
Alden Library, Quinsigamond Community College
670 West Boylston St., Worcester, MA 01606
June 3, 2005
at 3:00 P.M.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
June 2006
New-CUE Writers Conference in Honor of Rachel Carson
Boothbay Harbor, ME
Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition
(New Haven:
Yale
University Press, 2004)
Publication date: 9 August 2004
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“A handsome, ‘all-things-Walden’ edition.”
—Michael Kenney, The Boston Globe
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“Cramer’s
notes are immensely useful. His edition of Walden will be a boon to ordinary teachers
and scholars alike.”
— Denis Donoghue, author of Speaking of Beauty
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"for
those who aspire to a deeper understanding of the man and the milieu,
the annotated 'Walden' . . . is the edition to choose."
— Allan D. Smith, The Times (Trenton, NJ)
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“Cramer’s side notes are like short, illuminating
conversations.” — Jacqueline
Blais,
USA
Today
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“elegantly footnoted”
— Tom Hayden, Orion
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“Readers
will be intrigued by Cramer’s wide-ranging commentary
and new bibliographical and historical background
(including stunning passages from Thoreau’s
Journal and letters.”
—
Richard
Higgins,
UU World
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“There is nothing like
this — within the covers of one book — in the world of Thoreau scholarship. The
book is fascinating . . . accurate and minute in its scholarship. It amounts to a Thoreau encyclopedia in one volume.”
—Joel Porte, author of
Consciousness
and Culture: Emerson and Thoreau Reviewed
Winner of the 2004 NOBA for “Outdoor Classic”
The NOBA Medallion:
A Symbol of Excellence in Outdoor Writing
and Publishing
 with Tom Ashbrook
150
Years of “Walden”
Guests: Jeffrey S. Cramer, Lawrence Buell, and David Gessner
Aired: Friday, August 06, 2004 8-9PM ET
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