irony: (ˈī-rə-nē)I read this on my new kindle!
Eat that Thoreau. Its tastier than that tree bark and pond water you love so much!
It was a chore to read most of this. Read the chapters on Spring, the Conclusion, and Civil Disobedience (which are actually good!) and you will get all you need. I didn't need to know how much he spent building his shack or how much he had to hoe his bean crop!