Walden’s Shore by Robert M. Thorson

By Robert M. Thorson

Walden's Shore explores Thoreau's realizing of the "living rock" on which life's complexity depends--not as metaphor yet as actual technological know-how. Robert Thorson's topic is Thoreau the rock and mineral collector, interpreter of landscapes, and box scientist whose compass and measuring stick have been as vital to him as his plant press.

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