Familiar Letters

Thoreau's poems, many first printed in The Dial, gathered in an 1895 selection. Short pieces on rivers, mist, friendship and the inner life.

Henry David Thoreau

The first volume of the journal Thoreau kept for almost 25 years, from 1837 to 1846: his early years in Concord, his friendship with Emerson and his move to Walden Pond. Many pages of Walden were born here.

Henry David Thoreau

His journal from 1850 to September 1851, full of long walks, close looks at plants and animals, and the ideas that later grew into Walking. A window into how Thoreau thought and worked day by day.

Henry David Thoreau