Arguably America’s most famous nonconformist, Thoreau lived at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847, chronicling his experiences there. It was an experiment in living a life unhindered by social trappings and tradition. His work was not widely renowned for years after his death, but later became a staple in modern culture, defining not only what it means to be an American, but what it... 

Published and studied for almost 150 years, Walden has become a symbol of the back-to-nature, civil disobedience, preservation and anti-commerce. Coming out of Thoreau’s two-year experiment near Walden Pond,   Walden reveals many of Thoreau’s beliefs that led him to try this kind of life. Just as the first paragraph shows” I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,...