In his new biography, The Adventures of Henry Thoreau, Michael Sims describes the young philosopher as a “quirky” young man who was a little lost when it came to deciding on his career and future (much like half the people you went to college with). He also liked popcorn:
Sims says one of his aims was to rescue Thoreau from his reputation as a hermit and, instead, reveal him to be a gossipy young man who loved eating popcorn, ice skating and listening to his music box; a guy who reveled in friends like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
You can read the review at NPR here.
