With the 150th anniversary of David Thoreau’s “Walden” fast-approaching, we step back to take stock of where one of the best known works of nature writing has brought us.

Hundred of teachers, students and academics have devoted hours–and some even lifetimes–to the study of Thoreau’s wit and wisdom. Now the legacy of “Walden” has grown to mythic proportions and in the midst of all the hoop-la it can be easy to miss the meaning of the man behind the message.

Tune in to hear Thoreau experts weigh in on the legacy of America’s best-known nature writer and 150 years of his greatest work, “Walden”.

Guests:

Jeffrey Cramer, curator, Thoreau Institute at the Walden Woods Project and author of “Thoreau’s Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition”

Lawrence Buell, professor of American literature, Harvard University and the author of several books about Thoreau including “The Environmental Imagination: Thoreau, Nature Writing, and the Formation of American Culture”

David Gessner, nature writer and author of several books including “Sick of Nature”

Bill Schechter, history teacher, Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. He teaches a course called “Meet Mr. Thoreau,” and an independent study seminar course of Thoreau’s “Walden” and Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass.”