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Literary Surveyors

What does it mean for teachers to lead "liteary survey" courses? I propose treating Henry David Thoreau as one of America's leading "literary surveyors," in quite the literal sense. His work--land surveying and philosophical writing--demonstrates his understanding of the convergences between matter and form, literature and landscape. This section will become a short illustrated article on the history of surveying and Thoreau's engagement in this nation-building enterprise. 

Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
Replica of Thoreau's cabin
Inside Thoreau's Cabin
Inside Thoreau's Cabin
Thoreau's Surveyor Ad
Sign at Walden Pond
Shop at Walden Pond
Thoreau's Surveying Tripod
Map of Walden Pond
Woods outside site of Cabin
Walden Pond
Walden Pond
Walden Pond
Me with Thoreau
Statue of Thoreau
Me outside Thoreau's Replica Cabin
Portrait of Thoreau
Thoreau's grave
Thoreau's grave
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

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