| Book Review | Environmental History, 10.1

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Book Review

Walden Pond: A History. By W. Barksdale Maynard. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. × + 404 pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography, index. $35.00.

One of my favorite entries in Thoreau's Journals (X, p. 314) is his account of anadromous fish entering Concord-area brooks in the spring. "The water running down meets the fishes running up. They hear the latest news." So, too, does Johns Hopkins architectural historian Barksdale Maynard, in his fine book Walden Pond: A History, give me, a former Massachusetts natural resources and environmental administrator once responsible for the Walden Pond State Reservation, the latest news. For me, it is a reminder of a past filled with both prospect and contention. Before enlarging on this observation, let me give you a thumbnail sketch of the book and its contents.

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