![]() He even threw parties! Henry’s annual melon party, featuring his own delicious watermelons, was a popular event among his neighbors.Henry enjoyed talking and traveling with his close friends, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ellery Channing, Bronson and May Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne.He also entertained guests and conversed with passersby at his house at Walden Pond. ![]() ![]() Henry walked into town regularly to visit family and friends, often joining them for dinner at their houses.Henry’s house at Walden Pond was not isolated in the wilderness, but less than half a mile to either the railroad or the main road into Concord.Myth: Thoreau was a hermit who was trying to avoid people and society by moving to Walden Pond. The Thoreau Log: A Digital Documentary Life of Henry D.News from The Walden Woods Project Farm.The Transcendentalists: Their Lives & Writings. ![]()
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