Henry David Thoreau's Walden; or, Life in the Woods, published in 1854, was Dillard's most important model for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. In Walden, Thoreau describes the two years he spent living alone in a cabin on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, recording his thoughts and his observations of the natural world through the changing seasons.
Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters (1982) is a collection of essays by Dillard. These pieces are similar to Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in observing and reflecting on the natural world, but they move beyond Virginia as far away as Ecuador.
The Writing Life, published in 1989, is Dillard's exploration of her own creative process and search for an understanding of inspiration. She incorporates.....
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