Paying homage to the long-dead Transcendentalist, some people are building full-scale replicas of Henry David Thoreau’s ...

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 ...

Tracy Fullerton, game designer, educator and writer, best known for Walden, a game. Professor in the USC Interactive Media & ...

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, ...

On this eight-degree morning, with clean sunlight flooding the upstairs office and a small dog asleep on the couch behind my ...

Taking a long view: Walden Pond as seen from the site of Thoreau’s cabin, circa 1900. (Getty Images) The path to Walden, as you walk north along the western edge of Adams Woods, comes to a fork just ...

Henry David Thoreau died on May 6, 1862, in Concord, Mass., surrounded by books and flowers. At the funeral, his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a eulogy that emphasized Thoreau’s ...

In chaotic political times, when our health and spirits feel low, a long walk may be just the restorative medicine we need PROVIDENCE — The transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau preferred the ...

Schnur (The Shadow Children) deftly plucks Thoreau's own words from Walden, and Fiore's (The Boston Tea Party) luminous watercolor and oil paintings affectingly evoke the simplicity and serenity of ...

You may not think you have too much in common with Henry David Thoreau — an American naturalist, author and philosopher from the 1800s. Thoreau is best known for his book "Walden," a reflection upon ...