USC Belser Arboretum Book Club: "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau
About this Event
Welcome all nature lovers to the Belser Arboretum Book Club!
Interested in reading and talking about our world? Please join us for fun, thoughtful, informal book talks under the tall trees in the arboretum.
Meet Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 3 p.m.
Arboretum Outdoor Classroom
The Bloomwood gate opens at 2:30 p.m., so please enjoy a walk before we begin.
PLEASE REGISTER in case we must change venue due to weather.
Discussion led by Hollis Beach. Hollis graduated with degrees in English Literature and Philosophy from the University of South Carolina in 2010. He is Executive Editor at Layman Publishing Partners and has been part of the management team at the W. Gordon Belser Arboretum since 2017.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
For our second meeting of the fall semester, we'll take up the environmentalist classic Walden (1854), Henry David Thoreau's imaginative reconstruction of two years spent in a cabin outside of Concord, Massachusetts. Arboretum manager Hollis Beach will facilitate a discussion of the genre-defying work and Thoreau's thoughts and experiences as he seeks to "simplify, simplify, simplify" while living alone in the woods.
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We'll have snacks and beverages, and you're welcome to bring your own.
Note that trails are natural and hilly.
A portable restroom is available.
Please leave pets at home.
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