Walden Too: Building and Living in Your Little House in the Woods

By Richard Harris Wright

Henry David Thoreau (pronounced "thorough") was an American philosopher, naturalist and social commentator. From July 4, 1845 to September 6, 1847, he lived in a small house which he built with his own hands and primitive tools on the shore of Walden Pond outside Concord, Massachusetts. He wrote about nature and life in "Walden Pond; or, a Life in the Woods."

"Walden Too: Building and Living in Your Little House in the Woods" encourages readers to at least approximate Thoreau's experience at Walden Pond, to the extent that is possible in the twenty-first century.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Richard Harris Wright
• Release date: Jun 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310419027

Richard Harris Wright

Rick Wright was born in Monroe, Georgia in 1935. He attended public schools in Monroe, graduating from Monroe High school in 1953. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1958 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Wright served as an officer in the Ordnance Corps, US Army Reserve, as an aeronautical research engineer. Returning to Atlanta after active military duty, he was associated with a succession of engineering firms as a designer, design engineer and partner. He became a registered professional engineer in 1962. In the early 80s he completed required course work for a masters degree in philosophy at Georgia State University. His special area of interest is the philosophy of science. In 1991, Richard H. Wright PE formed Val/Tec Enterprises consulting engineers, where he was active in the design of mechanical systems, green building design, preacquisition surveys and applications of alternative energy technologies until his retirement from consulting engineering at the end of 2014. Rick is now pursuing a career as a freelance writer. He maintains an extensive personal and professional library and reads widely in literature, political science, economics, science popularizations and mysteries. He may be contacted via email at [e-mail], his website at valtec13.wordpress.com, or through the Elance.com website.

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Walden Too

Building and Living in Your Little House in the Woods

by

Richard H. Wright

Copyright 2014 by Richard H. Wright

ISBN: 9781310419027

Published at Smashwords by

Val/Tec Enterprises

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