Of Walden Pond

By Lesa Cline-Ransome, Ashley Benham Yazdani (illustrator),

Book cover of Of Walden Pond: Henry David Thoreau, Frederic Tudor, and the Pond Between

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There are many books about Thoreau and Walden, even for kids. But Frederic Tudor? Who is he, and what is his relation to Thoreau? Curiosity led me to pick up this book; the scope of this little-known historical event kept me turning pages. The two characters are introduced in parallel prose poems. A pond, the third character, connects those different people.

I was entranced by the story of the naturalist and the businessman, both influenced by Walden Pond. While Thoreau wrote notes in his journal, Tudor chopped frozen blocks of ice to ship to India. The author balanced the contrasts…

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