Tue., April 18, 6 p.m. Robert W. Thorson will present his new book, The Boatman: Henry David Thoreau’s River Years at UConn Barnes & Noble at Storrs Center
The Boatman gives readers a Thoreau for the Anthropocene epoch. As a backyard naturalist and river enthusiast, Thoreau was keenly aware of the way humans had altered the waterways and meadows of his beloved Concord River Valley. And he recognized that he himself—a land surveyor by trade—was as complicit in these transformations as the bankers, lawyers, builders, landowners, and elected officials who were his clients. Robert Thorson tells a compelling story of intellectual growth, as Thoreau moved from anger, to lament, to acceptance of the way humans had changed the river he cherished more than Walden Pond.
For more information, contact: UConn Barnes & Noble at 860-486-8525