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Walking
- Narrated by: Deaver Brown
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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Summary
Walking is not as well known as Thoreau's other works Walden, The Maine Woods, and Civil Disobedience. But it is a good place to start exploring his writing because it was his last book, in 1862, published by the Atlantic Monthly shortly after his death. It is less well known because it is general, as opposed to singular, in focus. It is his summing up of his thoughts on life: One should saunter through life and take notice; one need not go far (as Thoreau rarely left the 25 square miles of Concord and its population of 1,784, according to the 1840 census.)
This is not a political or ecological book as many advocates have stated; it does support nature, but in a small subtle way. He was a man of his age who possessed a variety of talents and abilities, similar to Jefferson and Franklin. He sought to encourage people to notice and saunter, but did not rail against anyone who chose not to. This was a favorite work of Justice William Douglas, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mohandas Gandhi. As the liberal jurist Douglas said, This book displays how Thoreau could have been transplanted to any American century and prospered. Jefferson, Franklin, Douglas, King, and Gandhi would be five men who could join him in his appreciation for sauntering and noticing.
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- 24-07-17
Beautiful reflection on Walking and life
The narration is a little awkward in places but it is a live recording and that is to be expected.
Walking is certainly a wonderful book for an introvert with a passion for being in nature lots of beautiful moments of reflection.
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- Louisa
- 13-06-18
The narrator can't read. He's struggling
Really interested in the writing but the performance is unbearable. was it recorded in a cassette tape?
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