Heaven Is Under Our Feet: A Book for Walden Woods - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0681411295 ISBN 13: 9780681411296

Publisher: Longmeadow Pr, 1991

Synopsis

A collection of narratives and essays on the environment created in support of the Walden Woods Project, a non-profit oprganization founded to acquire and preserve historic and environmentally significant sites around Walden Pond

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Some 40% of the land surrounding Walden Pond in Concord, Mass., is in private hands and open to development. Recently, the Brister's Hill area has been threatened by an office building and Bear Garden Hill by condominiums. The Walden Woods Project, sparked by rock star Henley and fueled by rock journalist Marsh and other celebrities--entertainers, writers, political leaders and environmental activists--is making a determined effort to acquire these properties. The 67 essays offered here are contributions to the project; some refer specifically to Walden, others are on general environmental matters. Styles range from the elegant to the vernacular. This is a literary equivalent of the big benefit concert: we hear from Jesse Jackson, Garry Trudeau, Whoopi Goldberg, Louise Erdrich, Massachusetts senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, Meryl Streep, E. L. Doctorow and others. Thoreau would approve. First serial to Rolling Stone.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

The literary equivalent of a benefit concert, this collection comprises more than 65 essays by name entertainers, authors, politicians, and environmental activists. Edited by singer/songwriter Henley and rock writer/civil rights' activist Marsh, it celebrates the dual themes of its literary/spiritual progenitor, Henry David Thoreau: respect for the earth and the pursuit of a moral center. It is also a fundraiser for the Walden Woods Project, a national nonprofit effort to acquire and preserve threatened portions of the 2,880-acre woods in which Thoreau did some of his most enduring communing. Despite the quality of many of the entries, their brevity and extreme variety limits the book's appeal to the informed environmentalist. On the other hand, the same variety, plus the celebrity and/or accomplishment of the contributors, could give it great appeal as an introductory text.
- Linn Prentis, Milford, Pa.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longmeadow Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0681411295
• ISBN 13: 9780681411296
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 291
• Editor: Don Henley, Dave Marsh