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Title:

Walden [videorecording] / produced and written by Ginny Durrin ; a presentation of Discovery Networks in association with Cronkite Ward Company.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Distributed by Discovery Channel Education,
Distributed by Discovery Channel Education,

Copyright Date:

2003, c1997

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide (12 p. ; 18 cm.)

Subject:

Thoreau, Henry David,--1817-1862.--Walden--Criticism and interpretation.
Transcendentalism
Concord (Mass.)--Description and travel.
Educational television programs.

Other Authors:

Durrin, Ginny.
Sutherland, Donald.
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden.
Discovery Networks.
Discovery Communications, Inc.
Discovery Channel Education (Firm)
Cronkite Ward Company.

Other Titles:

Assignment Discovery (Television program)

Notes:

Videodisc release of a television program in the Assignment Discovery series. Narrated by Donald Sutherland.

Summary:

A study of Henry David Thoreau's book, Walden. Walden captures the essence of transcendentalism, emphasizing the importance of spirituality over materialism. The video traces Thoreau's life from his troubled childhood to the peace he found on the shores of Walden Pond. Includes interviews with Don Henley of the Eagles, founder of the Walden Woods Project, and former president Jimmy Carter who reveal the power that Thoreau's thinking still exerts today.

Series:

Great books

ISBN:

9781587384608
1587384604

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55128803

Locations:

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)