Annually, over a half-million people pay homage to the storied pond and spiritually-nourishing woods where Henry David Thoreau wrote his 1854 classic book, "Walden." During his two years ...

We need the tonic of wildness." Walden was published on August 9, 1854, to mostly good reviews, and it developed a small but steady following. It sold roughly 300 copies a year for the next 15 years.

With stories of rats and overflowing bins recently dominating the news, it's easy to forget that the UK is blessed with ...

Even at a young age, Benjamin Tutolo was interested in the cosmos. It’s a curiosity that never waned. In fact, it led to the ...

In 1854 his most famous book, Walden, was published. This was an account of two years, two months and two days he spent living in a cabin that he had built himself near Walden Pond in Concord ...

While it may seem a modern phenomenon, the first recorded use of “brain rot” according to Oxford was by Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 ode to the natural world, Walden. “While England ...

Conway’s notable additional wins included the Pimlico Oaks (1937), Huron Handicap (1926, 1932), Adirondack Stakes (1932), Saratoga Cup (1932), Travers Stakes (1932), Walden Handicap (1932 ...