Books with title Walking Stick

Walking, although by appearance a little book, is almost guaranteed to open your eyes to the world that surrounds you. Author Henry David Thoreau takes the readers of Walking on a journey, showing them importance of experiencing nature and preserving the wilderness. Walking is highly recommended for those who enjoy the writings of Henry David Thoreau and also for individuals who love all things related to nature and the great outdoors.

Poor Margaret is waking up to another bad day. Ever since her parents died, her brother and sister have made her sweep the floors, chop the wood, cook the meals, feed the pigs, and anything else they can think to demand. Selfish, mean, and twice as big as Margaret, they always get their way. When at last Margaret has had enough, she runs away into the forest. Just as she is wondering how she will survive, she comes upon an old lady with a very sad story: a dog has run off with her walking stick, and she can’t do a thing without it. When the old lady promises Margaret a reward of three gold coins for its safe return, the girl readily agrees. Little does Margaret know that the old lady is really a witch, her reward a trick, and her walking stick a magic stick the witch has used to make a thousand miserable wishes come true . . .

Excerpt from Walkings Stick PapersA man cannot do manual labour carrying a cane. And it would be a moral impossibility for one of servile state - a butler, for instance, or a ticket-chopper - to present himself in the role of his occupation ornamented with a cane. One held in custody would not be permitted to appear before a magistrate fiaunting a cane. Until the stigma which attaches to his position may be erased he would be shorn of this mark of nobility, the cane.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.