Henry David Thoreau’s nonfiction classic "Walden, or A Life in the Woods" was first published on this day in history, on Aug. 9, 1854. "Walden" is about the virtues of simple living and ...

CONCORD - American literary icon Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days at Walden Pond, writing what would later be published as his book "Walden." Now, nearly 180 years later, ...

In 1845, a shy young man named Henry David Thoreau “went to the woods to live deliberately.” Using old boards from a nearby shanty, he and a few friends built a small cabin near Walden Pond in Concord ...

Lawrence Millman will discuss, read from and autograph copies of “Outsider” and “Goodbye, Ice” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, at Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW. At 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at ...

Robert M. Thorson is a geologist by training, but he has made a name for himself writing about America's greatest naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. His new book, "The Guide to Walden Pond," is a both a ...

Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because, as he famously put it, “I wished to live deliberately.” Two centuries after the “Walden” author’s birth, people are still deliberately following in ...

Richard Smith is retiring after portraying Henry David Thoreau in Concord for 26 years. Smith's retirement date, Sept. 6, coincides with the date Thoreau left Walden Pond in 1847. Smith plans to ...