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Thoreau in the ‘Burbs
What would Henry David Thoreau have written if he had a wife, three kids, and lived in the suburbs?
Commentator Tom Montgomery-Fate wonders if Henry David Thoreau’s commitment to solitude and nature masked a deep sense of loneliness. He imagines another – less simple – life for the writer.