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Henry David Thoreau

Born July 12, 1817Died May 6, 1862

Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, poet, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore; while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time imploring one to abandon waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs. (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau)

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Books33

A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851

A Year in Thoreau's Journal: 1851

A Desobediencia Civil / Defesa de John Brown

A Desobediencia Civil / Defesa de John Brown

Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson

Solid Seasons: The Friendship of Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson

with Jeffrey S. Cramer and Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays: A Fully Annotated Edition

Essays: A Fully Annotated Edition

2013
Thoreau and the Art of Life: Reflections on Nature and the Mystery of Existence

Thoreau and the Art of Life: Reflections on Nature and the Mystery of Existence

2010
Thoreau's Book of Quotations

Thoreau's Book of Quotations

2000
Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education

Uncommon Learning: Thoreau on Education

1999

with J. Parker Huber

Thoughts from Walden Pond

Thoughts from Walden Pond

1998

with Dona Budd

The Essays of Henry D. Thoreau

The Essays of Henry D. Thoreau

1992
Reflections at Walden

Reflections at Walden

1971
The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

1960
The Journal, 1837-1861

The Journal, 1837-1861

1960
On Man and Nature

On Man and Nature

1960
Letters to a Spiritual Seeker

Letters to a Spiritual Seeker

1958
The Portable Thoreau

The Portable Thoreau

1947
The Works of Henry David Thoreau

The Works of Henry David Thoreau

1942
Collected Essays and Poems

Collected Essays and Poems

1920
Canoeing in the Wilderness

Canoeing in the Wilderness

1906
Cape Cod

Cape Cod

1864
The Maine Woods

The Maine Woods

1864

with Jeffrey S. Cramer

Life Without Principle

Life Without Principle

1863
October, or Autumnal Tints

October, or Autumnal Tints

1862
Autumnal Tints

Autumnal Tints

1862
Wild Apples

Wild Apples

1862
Walking

Walking

1861
Volden, abo Zitta v lisah

Volden, abo Zitta v lisah

1854

with Genri Devid Toro

Walden. Vita nel bosco

Walden. Vita nel bosco

1854
Skogsliv vid Walden

Skogsliv vid Walden

1854

with Frans G. Bengtsson and Stig Asberg

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

1854
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

1849
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

Civil Disobedience and Other Essays

1849
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

1849
Walden

Walden

1849

Box sets & omnibuses2

The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition

The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition

2019
The Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau: Canoeing in the Wilderness, Walden, Walking, Civil Disobedience and More

The Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau: Canoeing in the Wilderness, Walden, Walking, Civil Disobedience and More

1942