“But one veil hangs over past, present, and future,
and it is the province of the historian to find out,
not what was, but what is.”
- from “A Week On the Concord and Merrimack Rivers,”1849
Welcome to my web page where I have
boldly stepped out of the 19th Century
and into the 21st! I have portrayed
Henry David Thoreau for almost 10 years
and on this site you can find out more about me
and my career as an historian. Do you want
to meet Henry David Thoreau? Come on in
and find out how to contact me for a
Living History appearance as Concord’s
self-proclaimed “mystic, Transcendentalist
and natural philosopher...”
An Evening With Henry David Thoreau
Saugus Public Library
Tuesday, April 26 at 7pm
Click to hear “Tom Bowling,” Henry’s favorite song!
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This site is dedicated to the man who taught me to love history,
my Dad - Ron C. Smith 1928 - 2008
