Thoreau was a young Harvard educated man who famously experimented with living a self-sufficient life in his no-frills cabin in the woods of Massachusetts. Throughout the book he extolls this back-to-nature lifestyle as being superior to the life lived in 'civilization', surrounded by an excess of possessions. Yet, after two years he walked away from his cabin and back to civilization. Throughout his lifetime, he gave no explanation. An "American classic" and a fascinating read.
(Sharron Calkins - bwl 91 Winter 2019 ) |
