Walden: Lessons for the New Millennium
by Henry David Thoreau, Bill McKibben

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Book Review: "Fan" is short for "Fanatic"
Summary: 4 Stars

I've read Walden through twice and read my favorite sections inumerable times. When I lived in Massachusetts, I loved to read the book AT Walden pond. I've traveled to that little pond via bycycle, motorcycle and car and have seen the pond in every season and every state of weather. I have walked and run around the pond . I have swam across it many times, once at the price of mild hypothermia. I have skiid around and across it. I think the only part of that danged pond I have not seen is the bottom. The book is much like the pond -- you can read it over and over and it will always be fresh and you will never have plumbed its depths fully.

The only reason I gave the book 4 stars instead of 5 is because the detailed nature observations may be tedious for readers not fortunate enough to be able to visit the pond. Still, everyone should read this book. It is your best reminder that "Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads."

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