Thoreau makes precise scientific observations of nature as well as metaphorical and poetic uses of natural phenomena. Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and-to some degree-a manual for self-reliance. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. Walden ( / ˈ w ɔː l d ən/ first published in 1854 as Walden or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. Original title page of Walden featuring a picture drawn by Thoreau's sister Sophia
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