Ken Lizotte
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first heard Feb 2026
last heard 27 Feb
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But it's not what he did.
even going to the pond and creating that cabin he built the whole thing himself although with the aid of some people to help him do things like raise the roof and things like that but for the most part he did it by himself and what he did inside it was significant too in terms of significant work because he spent that the two years two months and two days that he spent in that cabin at Walden Pond
writing.
And that was his principal dream career was for him to be a writer.
But at the time, he hadn't published any books yet.
In the end, he would end up publishing only two books, although a number of his essays would become books.
So he really became a successful writer.
But he
Plotting away at it day after day in that cabin is what eventually led to that.
So you have him working on the manuscript for Walden, and it's said that he went through seven drafts in nine years.
Seven drafts of Walden in nine years before he turned it over to a publisher.
So the thing about the cabin again is, was he just lolling around in there or was he really doing something that was not just business-like but profitable?
And if you remember from that chapter, one of my fellow Vian colleagues,
who is an economist at the University of Connecticut named Tom Michelli.
He wrote an analysis, he put analysis together about what really happened in terms of economic output from Henry during that time at Walden Pond.
And he was able to calculate that Henry was actually profitable, even though he didn't get a hundred thousand dollars for his manuscript then and there.
In time, what he did there led to that, not to that figure, but it led to a book contract.
It led to people buying the book and after he died.
It let more people bought the book, more people, and it's 170 years now.
And the book is still selling.
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