"Pond Scum": New Yorker Magazine Does Hatchet Job on Henry David Thoreau and Walden

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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/10/19/pond-scum

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I am a huge fan of Thoreau and have his different drummer quote framed. I have to say I was offended by this article. I can see the magazine staff sitting around the table and somebody says "I know, let's do a major hit piece on an admired and well respected famous figure in American literature."

I wonder how the author herself would fare when placed under a microscope. I can guess.

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