The writer we wish we knew.

By Colin W. Sargent

One of the oldest tropes in Maine is to stalk Henry David Thoreau’s excursions through the Maine Woods and try to channel him, preferably while roughing it in a 21st-century wilderness resort with views of Moosehead Lake, sipping coffee (or cognac) in front of the fire. Well, surprise: we haven’t changed, but he has. Meet the Thoreau you never knew.

Thoreau expert Laura Dassow Walls, PhD, author of Henry David Thoreau, A Life (University of Chicago Press), has volunteered to take us closer.

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