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Along the outskirts of Massachusetts lies Concord Suburbia, home to Henry David Thoreau’s Walden. A deeply solitary wooded area, occupied with neighboring animals, surrounds the pond. Walden Pond is in essence solitude and nature, as opposed to the hustle and bustle of civilized living. Inspired by transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson’s work entitled Nature, Thoreau spent two years seated by the shore of the small pond, about a mile and half south of the village of Concord, in the midst of an extensive wood between that town and Lincoln, and about two miles south of the Concord Battle Ground, recording his experience in a journal. His experience at Walden Pond provided the material for the book Walden, which is credited with helping to inspire awareness and respect for the natural environment. Because of Thoreaus legacy, Walden Pond has been designated a National Historic Landmark. The Reservation encompasses 333 acres surrounding the pond, which is a 103 foot deep glacial kettle hole pond. 2280 acres of mostly undeveloped woods, called "Walden Woods," surrounds the pond. ... htm) Furthermore, Thoreau’s purpose in going to Walden Pond was “not to live cheaply nor to live dearly there, but to transact some private business with the fewest obstacles…” (1817) Through “surveying, carpentry, and day-labor of various other kinds in the village, he had earned $13.
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