WaldenOne of America's most iconic literary masterworks, this edition marks the 200th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau's birth. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITS In 1845, Thoreau, a Harvard educated 28 year old, went to live by himself in the woods in Massachusetts. He stayed for over two years, living self sufficiently in a small cabin built with his own hands. Walden is his personal account of the experience, in which he documents the beauty