Nature and Walking (The Concord Library) (Paperback)

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This volume cleverly combines Emerson's Nature with Thoreau's Walking in a single, affordable paperback. Though written nearly 30 years apart (1836 and 1862, respectively), the two works express similar feelings and make perfect companions.
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Product Description

Together in one volume, Emerson's Nature and Thoreau's Walking, is writing that defines our distinctly American relationship to nature.

"Certain writings should be read together, and these two make perfect partners. A beautiful new volume."
-Walking

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Beacon Press (July 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807014192
• ISBN-13: 978-0807014196
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #490,822 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a true example of American naturalism at its finest, September 14, 1999

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John Elder is a genius! The spirituality of Emerson's "Nature" is a perfect compliment to the deep philosophical naturalism of Thoreau's work. It just came in the mail an hour or so and i can't put it down! I'm going to reccomend it to all of my friends.

5.0 out of 5 stars splendid little edition, November 27, 2007

By	Thomas Hallock (St. Petersburg, Fla) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Nature / Walking (Concord Library Series) (Hardcover)

I've come to assign it in courses but read it in your own. The essays are beyond compare, the book itself a pleasure to hold.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take the walking, leave the nature, September 4, 2006

By	O. Debowy (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The essays Nature and Waling are written by two of the pillars of transendentalism. I have never read an essay which surmized why one should appreciate nature as much as walking. It passages made me comtenmpate why I appreciate nature and the simple pleasures of waling with no destination in mind. It soldified many ideas that I had for a long time and placed them in a beatiful framework. It is a shame that Walking is overshadowed by Walden. One drawback to this book, although it serves as a useful comparison is that after reading Walking, nature by Emerson seems inferior. Althoiugh a good qualitity essay, it does not have the emotional connection and seems to detached for my preference.