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Young readers are introduced to Henry David Thoreau's masterpiece, Walden, through excerpts from the original work.

"That dream again-the clanging, clattering donkey, the gypsy peddler, the storm-then waking in a pool of sweat, panting, panic-stricken, disoriented, still hearing the sound of his own terror-filled voice >>

What is this life if not an accumulation of days, days of doubt, days of splendor, days of awe

On a crisp autumn day two centuries ago, a barefoot, bent old man hurries along a country lane in New England carrying an old pair of shoes stuffed with wild apples. Concealed in his coat and pants pockets, >>