In this immersive historical fiction Helen Humphreys richly imagines the robust inner life of naturalist and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau (1817-1861) inspired by the journals he kept from 1837 ...

During his daily wanderings through field and forest, he also noted when migrating birds returned, when leaves burst forth on trees, and when the ice melted on Walden Pond. Some 160 years later ...

Annually, over a half-million people pay homage to the storied pond and spiritually-nourishing woods where Henry David ...

a literary figure best known for his book "Walden," which reflected upon simple living in a natural setting around Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Barto has performed as Thoreau hundreds of times ...