The Portable Thoreau Laura Van Den Berg and Wynton Marsalis in search

and Wynton Marsalis in search of his artistic-and spiritual-other

Stay True is a bracing memoir about growing up

can speak for all—and feel for all

They will be joined by three other singular women who become known as the Packhorse Librarians of Kentucky

irresistibly drawn back together

The Portable Thoreau Laura Van Den Berg and Wynton Marsalis in searchSelf described as "a mystic, a transcendentalist, and a natural philosopher to boot," Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and as an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of his friends' advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he determinedly pursued his own inner bent that of a poet philosopher in prose and verse. Edited by