Walden and Civil Disobedience

Walden is a record of Thoreau's time spent living a simple existence in a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, from 1845 to 1847. It was exploration of self-reliance and man's place in the world. Deeply sane, invigorating in its awareness of humanity's place in the moral and natural order, Walden represents the progressive spirit of nineteenth-century America at its eloquent best.