Walden, Thoreau and the Environment

WALDEN
150th Anniversary Illustrated Edition of the American Classic
(published by Houghton Mifflin)

In celebration of the sesquicentennial of the publication of Walden, Houghton Mifflin, in collaboration with the Walden Woods Project, is publishing a special anniversary edition of Thoreau’s classic.

This beautifully illustrated edition is priced at $28.12, a half cent less than Thoreau spent building his cabin at Walden Pond. The anniversary edition features a foreword by Dr. E.O. Wilson and 89 full color photographs by Scot Miller, a gifted photographer who has spent the past five years photographing the seasons at Walden Pond and Walden Woods. Scot’s photographs, interspersed with Thoreau’s immortal prose, make this book a collector’s item. Houghton Mifflin and Scot Miller will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each book to the Walden Woods Project.

Houghton Mifflin’s predecessor, Ticknor and Fields, was the original publisher of Walden, or Life in the Woods in 1854. Since Thoreau’s death in 1862, the book has never been out of print, has been published in hundreds of editions, and has been translated into virtually every modern language. Few books have had such significant impact worldwide and enjoyed such enduring popularity, inspiring millions to ponder how to live their lives.

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Walden Woods Project Curator of Collections
Jeffrey S. Cramer
Publishes Fully Annotated Edition of
Walden
(Published by Yale University Press)

Thoreau’s 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 Thoreau’s life.

Cramer’s newly edited text is based on the original 1854 edition of Walden, with emendations taken from Thoreau’s draft manuscripts, his own markings on the page proofs, and notes in his personal copy of the book. In the editor’s notes to the volume, Cramer quotes from sources Thoreau actually read, showing how he used, interpreted, and altered these sources. Cramer also glosses Walden with references to Thoreau’s essays, journals, and correspondence. With the wealth of material in this edition, readers will find an unprecedented opportunity to immerse themselves in the unique and fascinating world of Thoreau.

Anyone who has read and loved Walden will want to own and treasure this gift edition. Those wishing to read Walden for the first time will not find a better guide than Jeffrey S. Cramer.

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