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    Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place
    Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place
    Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place
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    Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place

    By John Hanson Mitchell

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    Walking 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity Press of New England
    Release dateApr 22, 2015
    ISBN9781611687767
    Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place
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    John Hanson Mitchell

    John Hanson Mitchell is the editor of Sanctuary, the journal of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, and the author of The Paradise of All These Parts and Ceremonial Time.

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      A walk to Concord, weaving tales of the people who lived along the way with tales of other pilgrimages and other places, finding linkages and resonances that give the movement meaning. As with many walks, and many pilgrimages, the way is more important than the destination.

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