Upcoming Events:  

May 20, 2008 (Rescheduled from a previous date)

Part of The Walden Woods Project's Stewardship Lecture Series
and the Concord Festival of Authors
 

An Evening with E. L. Doctorow

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for more information, please check our calendar

News:

CAPE COD:
ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE AMERICAN CLASSIC
(ISBN 0618758453)
BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU
PHOTOGRAPHS BY SCOT MILLER
INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT D. RICHARDSON

Published in collaboration with The Walden Woods Project

Originally published in 1865 by Houghton and Mifflin’s predecessor, Ticknor and Fields, Henry David Thoreau’s Cape Cod is a wonderfully written, surprisingly funny account of 19th century life on the Cape, well before it became a major tourist attraction. To this day, many people consider it to be the best book ever been written about Cape Cod. This new illustrated edition features the complete 1906 Houghton Mifflin edition text of Thoreau's classic work, the stunning photography of Scot Miller, and a foreword from preeminent Thoreau biographer Robert Richardson.

For his book, Thoreau spent about three weeks in Cape Cod on three trips over a six-year period. Scot Miller spent about six weeks on seven trips over a sixteen-month period. Thoreau observed and wrote about the landscape, seascape and culture. Scot observed and photographed the same of today. Many of the lush color photographs have a timeless quality and show things Thoreau could easily have seen: the Great Beach, imposing cliffs, sand dunes, beautiful sunrises and sunsets, beach grass, seaweed; others reflect the unique personality of Cape Cod and its people today: from local artists to architecture. The combination of Thoreau's timeless text and Miller’s exquisitely reproduced color photographs make this an indispensable addition for anyone who loves Thoreau's writing and the perfect book for anyone who loves Cape Cod or photography.

The book is being published in association with the Walden Woods Project, which is dedicated to preserving the lands Thoreau wrote about. For each copy sold, Houghton Mifflin and Scot Miller are making a donation to the Walden Woods Project.

Approaching Walden 2008

This professional development seminar for high school teachers will be offered again during the summer of 2008.  Now accepting applications!

Steinway Walden Woods Art Case Piano
and Faber-Castell Limited Edition Pen

The Walden Woods Project and American Forests have partnered with Steinway & Sons and Faber-Castell on the creation of two special limited- edition items.  A portion of the sales proceeds from the one-of-a-kind piano and the pen will be donated to the Walden Woods Project and American Forests.

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