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He went to the woods, to sell ice cream Where Thoreau soloed, a Soviet refugee practices self-reliance, too

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20070722
Author:Leslie Talmadge

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CONCORD - Henry David Thoreau went to Walden Pond to write and live a self-reliant, independent life. Aram Arakelian goes to Walden Pond for a different reason: to sell ice cream.

Not that Arakelian doesn't appreciate the tranquil beauty of the Walden Woods. On this particular early July afternoon, the temperature hovers in the 70s. Only a few visitors stop at Arakelian's ice cream truck, which he parks a half-mile from where the writer and philosopher lived for two years more than 150 years ago.

"It's beautiful, but it's not ice cream beautiful," said Arakelian, adding that the ...

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