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Walden / by Henry David Thoreau.
LIBRA - Rare PS3048 .A1 1942 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Series:
- Classics Club library (New York, N.Y.)
- Classics club library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.
- Thoreau, Henry David.
- Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
- Walden Woods (Mass.)--Social life and customs.
- Walden Woods (Mass.).
- Wilderness areas--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.
- Wilderness areas.
- Massachusetts--Walden Woods.
- Natural history--Massachusetts--Walden Woods.
- Natural history.
- Authors, American--19th century--Biography.
- Authors, American.
- Solitude.
- Homes.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 358 pages, 10 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Published for the Classics Club by W. J. Black, [©1942]
- Contents:
- Introduction / Gordon S. Haight
- Biographical sketch / Ralph waldo Emerson
- Walden. Economy; Where I lived and what I lived for; Reading; Sounds; Solitude; Visitors; The beanfield; The village; The ponds; Baker farm; Higher laws; Brute neighbors; House warming; Former inhabitants, and winter visitors; Winter animals; The pond in winter; Spring; Conclusion.
- Notes:
- "Edited, with Notes and Introduction, by Gordon S. Haight, Ph.D."--Half-title page.
- "Biographical sketch, by Ralph Waldo Emerson" (pages 1-23).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok September 1952".
- Other Format:
- Online version: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden.
- OCLC:
- 1721258
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