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Richard Higgins

Richard Higgins  is the author of Thoreau and the Language of Trees. A writer and editor, he lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

Thoreau's garret

A Transcendentalist at Work 

Thoreau spent his last dozen years in this garret, making sense of what he could see from his windows

by Richard Higgins | Monday, December 02, 2019
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