Thoreau’s book "Walden" sheds light on the history of slavery in Concord, Massachusetts. Elise Lemire only comes to learn of her town’s slave-related history when she reads Thoreau’s "Walden." This ...
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I ...
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 ...