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Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) ~ Quote of the Day
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862), American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. . . .
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Ireland needs the spirit of Henry David Thoreau and small government
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher, essayist, and environmentalist, had a strong sense of being born an individual with certain rights which ought to be considered inviolable by local and central government of his time.
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Land once studied by Thoreau eyed for preservation
A nonprofit group that seeks to preserve the legacy of writer Henry David Thoreau is offering the town of Concord $2.8 million to protect nearly 35 acres of land at the former landfill.
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Follow the footsteps of Thoreau in 'Walden' through .. a video game?
A video game based on Henry David Thoreau's life at Walden Pond is being developed by a team at the University of Southern California.
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'Yertle the Turtle' Enters Canada's Culture War; A Walden Video Game
Today in books and publishing: Tom Hanks reads Stephen Colbert's children's book for adults, gamers are going to be getting a taste of Henry David Thoreau, and Yertle the Turtle is too politically charged for British Columbia.
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Can a Video Game Help Players Live Like Thoreau?
When a gamer sits down to play “Walden, a Game” she’ll begin, as Henry David Thoreau did, by building a cabin. The game is set in Walden's woods, a lush world replicated in detail. To play this game means to “follow in the footsteps of Thoreau,” the trailer promises , and some of the tasks at hand are simple—like finding food, clothing, and shelter. But players also must try to follow Thoreau on ...
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Live alone? You're not alone
From CBS News: No man is an island ... or so poet John Donne wrote nearly four centuries ago. What would he think if he could come back and see the isolated way so many of us live now? For Greta Garbo, solitude was a mantra; for Henry David Thoreau, an ideal; for Howard Hughes, an obsession. But for more and more Americans today, it's just reality. "I would argue that the rise of living alone ...
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Tewksbury Historical Society announces upcoming events
"Henry David Thoreau" will be performed with the Tewksbury Historical Society on May 19 at 7 p.m.
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USC Dornsife Scientific Diving: My Walden South of Los Angeles
by Laura Walsh Over one hundred and fifty years ago, Henry David Thoreau sparked a cultural movement with a paradox; an introspective, self-preoccupied book that taught the lessons of humility and human triviality. Naturally, Walden became more recognizable as the reading requirement of so many high school students, the main domain of traffic for Sparknotes.com, [...]
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Group may buy landfill Group may buy landfill near Walden Pond
The Walden Woods Project is offering the town of Concord $2.8 million to permanently protect nearly 35 acres of land on the former landfill site, a location considered to be a key part of the ecosystem once studied by Henry David Thoreau.
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