I to Myself: An Annotated Selection from the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau - Hardcover

Selected as a 2008 AAUP University Press Book for Public and Secondary School Libraries. (Best Book of the Year Selection Association of American University Presses (AAUP) 2008-07-09)

"Jeffrey Cramer, curator at the Thoreau Institute at Walden Woods, makes selections from the journal and accompanies each with insightful commentary. As autumn gives way to winter, one thinks of Thoreau's work as a great naturalist, but his words about art, life, politics, friendship—and even his neighbors—make a lovely book to read, sitting by a cozy fire."—Elizabeth Taylor, Chicago Tribune (Editor's Choice) (Elizabeth Taylor Chicago Tribune 2007-11-10)

"The selections, as well as Cramer's informative annotations, give a well-rounded portrait of the writer and his world. For those who know Thoreau only from his more familiar writings, e.g., Walden, these generous excerpts will provide an accessible entry into the thoughts, feelings, and preoccupations of this unique American author. . . . Recommended for all public and academic library collections."—Library Journal (Library Journal 2007-11-15)

"A welcome and appealing work, whose chief strength lies in the range and detail of the information provided in its annotations."—David M. Robinson, author of Natural Life: Thoreau's Worldly Transcendentalism   (David M. Robinson)

“In editing and annotating this selection from the two-million-word journal of Thoreau, Cramer has aimed to provide general readers with a clean, reliable, intelligently chosen series of entries from the massive original. . . . He has admirably succeeded.”—Wayne Franklin, University of Connecticut  (Wayne Franklin)

"No other currently available selection of Thoreau's journals better demonstrates the diversity of the author's vision. . . . Cramer's is the first such work to represent the journal and its author in their full complexity. Cramer's generous annotations will be useful to a broad audience. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice (Choice 2008-04-01)

“Anyone who reads Thoreau in editions annotated by the great Jeffrey S. Cramer . . . will know everything there is to know about Thoreau and (amazingly) have a fun time learning it.”—Sarah Payne Stuart, author of Perfectly Miserable: Guilt, God, and Real Estate in a Small Town (Sarah Payne Stuart)