[whippoorwill] In the book I mentioned earlier, My Side of the Mountain, the main character spends his first few days in the woods, waking up to the loud call of the whippoorwill instead of the usual city […]

When I was reading this passage, this sentence stood out to me because Thoreau claimed that his cabin was fit for the gods, which is quite a bold statement! I completely agree with you—it seems that he was e […]