Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of PlaceWalking Towards Walden is an exploration of the sense of place, what it means, how it developed, and why it matters. Based on an eighteenth-century literary device in which a group of friends undertake a walking tour and discuss a certain subject, this wide-ranging story emerges from the author's fifteen-mile bushwhack through woods, backyards, and marshes - from a hilltop in Westford, Massachusetts, to the town of Concord, Massachusetts - trespassing all along the way. A mock epic, complete with encounters with armed mercenaries and vicious dogs, the book covers all the aspects of place - art, literature, myth, and even music. |
Contents
Place | 1 |
Pilgrimage | 9 |
Prospect Hill | 10 |
Providence Hill | 28 |
Vine Brook | 46 |
Nonset Brook | 68 |
Nashoba Brook | 90 |
North Street | 104 |
Spencer Brook Marsh | 156 |
Thoreau Country | 174 |
Estabrook | 194 |
Mink Pond | 212 |
Punkatasset | 228 |
The Bridge | 252 |
Shambhala | 272 |
Epilogue | 299 |
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