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Title:

Walden [videorecording]

Format:

[videorecording]

Publisher:

distributed by Discovery Channel Education,

Copyright Date:

c1997

Description:

1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col., 1/2 in. + 1 guide (4 p. ; 18 cm.)

Subject:

Thoreau, Henry David,--1817-1862.
Thoreau, Henry David,--1817-1862.--Walden.
Transcendentalism.
Walden Pond (Concord, Mass.)--Description and travel.

Other Authors:

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden.
Discovery Channel Education (Firm)
Discovery Networks.
Summer Productions.

Other Titles:

Assignment Discovery (Television program)

Notes:

Videocassette release of a television program in the Assignment Discovery series by the Discovery Channel and Summer Productions.

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
Discovery Channel school

ISBN:

9781563316531
1563316536

Locations:

OQAX737 -- Iowa Western Community College - Edith Lisle Library (Clarinda)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)