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Walden
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Contributors:
McKibben, Bill, writer of introduction,
Published:
Boston : Beacon Press, 1997.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
xxiii, 312 pages ; 22 cm.
Rating:
1420
Status:
Description
Bill McKibben ( The End of Nature , The Age of Missing Information ) provides an introduction and notes to the text of the 1854 edition. Downplaying the recent appropriation of both the book and the author by environmentalists, he emphasizes Thoreau's social and cultural prescience, and focuses on the two questions of how much is enough and how we know what we want. No index or bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9780807014189, 0807014184

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Recent Thoreau scholarship has concentrated on Thoreau as prescient forest ecologist; McKibben - author of the End of Nature and one of our best-read social and environmental critics - places him firmly back in his role as cultural and spiritual seer. McKibben identifies two questions asked by Thoreau as central to a late-twentieth-century reading of Walden: "How much is enough?" and "How do I know what I want?" Questions, McKibben reminds us, that must come to dominate the end of the twentieth century if we are to live well into the twenty-first. McKibben's relevant and lively introduction and annotations to the 1854 edition make us see Walden as, among other things, a way to think about how we use our time, how we spend our money - how to live essential lives,
Target Audience
1420,Lexile.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,8.7,21.0,6000.
Study Program Information
Reading Counts RC,High School,10,31,Quiz: 16201,Guided reading level: NR.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,8.7,21,6000.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Thoreau, H. D., & McKibben, B. (1997). Walden. Boston, Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 and Bill, McKibben. 1997. Walden. Boston, Beacon Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 and Bill, McKibben, Walden. Boston, Beacon Press, 1997.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Thoreau, Henry David and Bill McKibben. Walden. Boston, Beacon Press, 1997.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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