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Interview: Richard Smith, W. Barksdale Maynard and Terry Tempest Williams discuss Henry David Thoreau and his book "Walden"

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From: Talk of the Nation (NPR)
Date: 20040809
Author:NEAL CONAN

NEAL CONAN
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
08-09-2004
Interview: Richard Smith, W. Barksdale Maynard and Terry Tempest Williams discuss Henry David Thoreau and his book "Walden"

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM

NEAL CONAN, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

One hundred fifty years ago today, a collection of essays arrived on the bookstores of New England. "Walden; or, Life in the Woods" by Henry David Thoreau went on to become a classic of American literature and a mirror to the American soul. It's shaped our thinking on nature and conservation, politics and ...

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