On 9 August 1854, Henry David Thoreau recorded in his journal: “Aug. 9. Wednesday. —To Boston. ‘Walden’ published. Elder-berries. Waxwork yellowing.” Walden, or, A Life in the Woods, is one of only two books Thoreau published during his lifetime. His other book was A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849). Thoreau is also […]