Richard Smith: A Conversation with Henry David Thoreau

Step back in time to 1855 as Henry David Thoreau, the “Hermit of Walden Pond,” visits Old South Meeting House! Was noted Transcendentalist, abolitionist and naturalist Thoreau really a hermit? What did he think of Boston, where he regularly visited the Athenaeum? Get the answers to these and other questions as you visit with Mr. Thoreau, portrayed by historian Richard Smith. Mr. Thoreau reads selections from his writings, including Walden, and answers questions about his experiences in 19th-century Concord and Boston.
This program is the first in a Special Middays at the Meeting House Series - “Conversations with Hawthorne and Thoreau”: Fridays, October 24 and November 7.
This talk was filmed at Old South Meeting House on Friday, October, 24, 2014.

[@JD-te9tj]

I can't believe more people haven't viewed this. Thank you Mr. Thoreau/Mr. Smith. I've read Walden many, many times.

[@DougGrinbergs]

I rather enjoyed this presentation; nicely done, Mr. Smith.

[@a.e.r.7745]

Yes, study nature and the animals. If a cat however ends up jumping out into the snow, please go out and look for the precious creature. Don't just sit there, thinking it's gone for good.

[@abhimanyudharma21]

well said Angela :(

[@glennfjenkins2702]

For suval I guess if you can't beat em eat em