01. Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau

[littlecloudflower]

One thing, Thoreau didn't "retreat" from society...He went into the woods to live simply and to write a book. He still got visits from his friends and visited his family often. Also, he refused to pay his taxes as an act of civil disobedience...This make it sound as if he just didn't pay his taxes because he was so desperate.

[daiellis]

"absorbed the beauty of nature of the woods that surrounded him"

then...CAR flies past on the left.

[HerAeolianHarp]

Great sustenance in Thoreau's "Walden" for those who know how to unplug enough to listen to nature's voice. A profoundly beautiful read.

[ubernerd35]

The first couple minutes of this sounds like it could be made into a Will Ferrell comedy.

[aidan1912]

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity 

[jackblacksutube]

and some marijuana of course

[jackblacksutube]

i wanna live like thoreau. cabin in the woods along a lake with no one to bother u.

[KARENK72886]

@jackblacksutube me too! no tech, nothing but nature! :)

[songs2008]

I watched this on our public station. I didn't expect it to be laced with so much humor. A very nice way to present the stodgy Mr. Thoreau. Big thumbs up!

[DroolTV]

His school did not fail! It was a great success. The brothers closed the school due to John's poor health. Henry felt he could not run it alone. John then ended up passing not from his lung disease, but from tetanus.

[pishkyam]

wo...love this

[falutak]

", oh man, I love this..! I originally heard this play on a radio but this video is really great..! I love it..!

[irishxxkelt]

What an interesting person.

[DocHoliday1882]

A great american writer,hero and pioneer of het conservation movement, loved and known throughout het world!

[harperguitar]

What an incredible series of videos. Henry has always been a hero of mine, and I did my thesis on him in college. I like that we see him as a real person here and not a myth.