Category Archives: Literature

Civil War Commemorative

Posted on December 8, 2011 by | Comments Off on Civil War Commemorative

posted by Patricia Hohl

The Atlantic Monthly, which published several of Thoreau’s essays after his death in 1862, was founded in 1857 by a group of prominent New England writers and intellectuals, including Emerson and Longfellow. This month it marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with a special commemorative issue that includes some of the same articles people were reading as the war raged.  The issue also contains a contemporary essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates titled: “Why Do So Few Blacks Study the Civil War?”  There are also archival images from the National Portrait Gallery.  More information about the issue and how to get a copy is at: The Atlantic.com

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Joanna Greenfield at Thoreau Farm

Posted on November 7, 2011 by | Comments Off on Joanna Greenfield at Thoreau Farm

On Saturday, November 12th, Thoreau Farm Trust and The Thoreau Society present Joanna Greenfield, author of The Lion’s Eye: Seeing in the Wild. In stunningly evocative language, Greenfield depicts the beauty of the rainforest and the determination required to wait for one transcendent encounter in the wild. But even one of the most remote places in the world is not immune to terrifying man-made conflict. Greenfield and her team are robbed by poachers and harassed by soldiers. Eventually, it becomes too dangerous to continue her research, though she knows she may never be allowed to return. The Lion’s Eye is the true story of one woman’s burning mission to connect with animals–an adventure story and against-the-odds quest for a wilderness few of us have ever glimpsed.

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Read Excerpts from David Gessner’s New Books

Posted on October 4, 2011 by | Comments Off on Read Excerpts from David Gessner’s New Books

Ever think about what you are willing to sacrifice for “the good life?” Read excerpts – now available under the “Reading” page here at Thoreau Farm’s website – from David Gessner’s My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism and his NEW BOOK OUT THIS WEEK, The Tarball Chronicles.  In “Déjà vu: A Northern Interlude,” from The Tarball Chronicles,  Gessner ponders the larger question posited by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: How much are we willing to sacrifice for the “good life”? In this excerpt, he harkens back to Thoreau’s concept of sacrifice as “Economy” embodies it in Walden.  And from My Green Manifesto, an essay titled, “Henry’s River.” Go to the “Reading” tab above or click here:  Reading

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