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a harvard grad fled to a pond to prove rent is optional and society is loud.
means henry david thoreau's two-year experiment living simply in a self-built cabin near walden pond, chronicled in his 1854 book walden.
from in 1845 thoreau borrowed an axe, built a small cabin on land owned by his friend ralph waldo emerson near concord, massachusetts, and moved in on july 4th, a date he clearly picked on purpose.
actual durationtwo years, two months, two days
cabin cost28 dollars and 12.5 cents to build
jail stintarrested mid-experiment for refusing to pay taxes
not remotewalked into concord town almost daily
for instance
walden the book — published 1854, took nine drafts over nine years
civil disobedience essay — 1849 essay born from his one night in jail
walden pond today — massachusetts state park, over 600,000 visitors a year