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Walden by Henry David Thoreau

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Monday, July 9 through Friday, July 20, 2012. Read by Jim Fleming.

We offer selections from Thoreau’s classic about living in the woods near Concord, MA as we honor the 150th anniversary of his death.

(various publishers)

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Theme: Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches, “To a Wild Rose, Will o’ the wisp, At an Old Trysting Place”; James Barbagallo, piano (Marco Polo 8.223631)

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