Henry David Thoreau was just a few days short of his
twenty-eighth birthday when he built a cabin on the shore of Walden
Pond and began one of the most famous experiments in living in
American history. Apparently, he did not originally intend to write
a book about his life at the pond, but nine years later, in August
of 1854, Houghton Mifflin's predecessor, Ticknor and Fields,
published Walden;or, a Life in the Woods. At the time the book was
largely ignored, and it took five years to sell out the first
printing of two thousand copies. It was not until 1862, the year of
Thoreau's death, that the book was brought back into print. Since
then it has never been out of print. Published in hundreds of
editions and translated into virtually every modern language,it has
become one of the most widely read and influential books ever
written, not only in this country but throughout the world.
On the one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the original publication of Walden, Houghton Mifflin
is proud to present the most beautiful edition ever published of
Thoreau's masterpiece. This new edition features spectacular color
photographs by Scot Miller that capture Walden as vividly as
Thoreau's words do.The book is being published in association with
the Walden Woods Project, which is dedicated to preserving the
lands Thoreau wrote about. For each copy sold, Houghton Mifflin and
Scot Miller are making a donation to the Walden Woods Project.
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