The Machine in the Garden: Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America, is a 1964 work of literary criticism written by Leo Marx and published by Oxford University Press, trope notably appears in Henry David Thoreau's "Walden" (1854) when the whistling sound of a steam locomotive disrupts the natural landscape of which lake in Concord, Massachusetts in the which country?
Walden Pond Walden Pond is a lake in Concord, Massachusetts in the United States. A famous example of a kettle hole, it was formed by retreating glaciers 10,000–12,000 years ago. The pond is protected as part of Walden Pond State Reservation, a 335 acre state park and recreation site managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The reservation was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962 for its association with the writer Henry David Thoreau (1817–62), whose two years living in a cabin on its shore provided the foundation for his most famous work, "Walden; or, Life in the Woods".
James Pickering Dovel James Pickering Dovel, (26 December 1868 - 30 July 1948) author and inventor, spent most of his life searching for ways to improve blast furnace operation. Born in 1868 in the community of Pickerington, Ohio near Columbus, Dovel spent his early years running a farm for his invalid father. Still, his inventive genius did not go untapped. The hard work of farming turned his attention to the need for labor saving machinery and stirred him, at age seventeen, to invent a mechanical corn harvester. While the device was never patented, it was adopted by several manufacturers of farm equipment. The depression of the 1890s drove Dovel, his wife and children to the city, where he landed a job at Columbus Steam and Boiler Company. Within days Dovel's boss had discovered his talent and promoted him to foreman, launching a long career in industrial invention.