The Captain of a Huckleberry Party: Henry Thoreau
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Shows scenes in and around the Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, as background for a study of the life of naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Explains, that, although Thoreau held occasional jobs, he sought the solitude of Walden to contemplate his own philosophy of nature and man's relationship to it. Intersperses thoughts from his writings, including his major work, Walden, with views of his cabin, the adjacent pond, the surrounding woods, and Concord, where he spent most of his life.
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, Shows scenes in and around the Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, as background for a study of the life of naturalist Henry David Thoreau. Explains, that, although Thoreau held occasional jobs, he sought the solitude of Walden to contemplate his own philosophy of nature and man's relationship to it. Intersperses thoughts from his writings, including his major work, Walden, with views of his cabin, the adjacent pond, the surrounding woods, and Concord, where he spent most of his life.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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