Tuesday, April 24
6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Join David K. Leff for “Deep Travel: How to Journey Like Henry David Thoreau,” a slide illustrated talk that opens a window into the Concord naturalist’s way of approaching a trip, or what he would call an “excursion.” Learn how Thoreau prepared, why he chose particular means of travel, his technique for close observation of people and nature, and the impact of travel for life on return. Although Thoreau never used the term deep travel, it well describes his expansive and enriching way of experiencing places near and far. You too can travel like Thoreau. Learn how. Leff has written two books with a Thoreau travel nexus: Deep Travel: In Thoreau’s Wake on the Concord and Merrimack (2009) and more recently Canoeing Maine’s Legendary Allagash: Thoreau, Romance and Survival of the Wild (2016). Books will be available for sale and signing. View his work at www.davidkleff.com
David K. Leff is an essayist, Pushcart Prize nominated poet and former deputy commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. He is the author of five nonfiction books, three volumes of poetry and a novel in verse. In 2016-2017 the National Park Service appointed him poet-in-residence for the New England National Scenic Trail (NET). David’s journals, correspondence, and other papers are archived at the University of Massachusetts Libraries in Amherst.
He is the town meeting moderator and town historian in his hometown of Canton, Connecticut where he also served 26 years as a volunteer firefighter.
