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Ken Burns Presents — A film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers.
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Filmmakers Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers discuss the making of 'Henry David Thoreau'.
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Thoreau moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson's family, but personal tragedy strikes both families.
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Thoreau is introduced to Ralph Waldo Emerson and the radical ideas of transcendentalism.
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Henry David Thoreau spent his life experimenting and contemplating on how to live a good life.
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After young Thoreau fails at a career in writing, he retreats to a cabin in the woods.
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Leaving Walden Pond, Thoreau joins his cousin on an excursion to Mount Katahdin in Maine.
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Thoreau's refusal to support what he saw as injustice culminates in his essay "Civil Disobedience."
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While slavery is illegal in Massachusetts, Black communities are forced to the margins of society.
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On July 4th, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moves into a 10x15-foot house on Walden Pond.
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After Walden, Thoreau takes on new roles and adventures as an illness catches up with him.
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After young Thoreau fails at a career in writing, he retreats to a cabin in the woods.
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Thoreau lives at Walden Pond where he writes, while exploring nature — and himself.
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