<p>Henry David Thoreau, noted transcendentalist, wrote <em><u>Walden</u></em> as a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.</p>

<p>Nature was a study for the essayist, naturalist, and environmentalist David Thoreau. He communed from his cabin on Walden Pond, owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson, to &ldquo;live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and&hellip; learn what it had to teach.&rdquo;</p>

<p>Walden is landmark book on self-reliance and simple living.</p>