Contains 4 stories, consisting of : "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers," "Cape Cod," "Civil Disobedience," and "Walden."
The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle.
This eBook also contains a bonus book club leadership guide and discussion questions. We hope you’ll share this book with your friends, neighbors and colleagues and can’t wait to hear what you have to say about it.
Works of Henry David Thoreau
America’s greatest nature writer and a political thinker of international renown, Henry David Thoreau crafted essays that reflect his speculative and probing cast of mind. In his poems, he gave...
Edward Waldo Emerson, interview notes with Benjamin Lee, series 1, box 1, folder 10, and with Benjamin Tolman, box 1, folder 18, CFPL; John S. Keyes quoted in Thoreau as Seen, 206. 43. ... 9, and Richard M. Lebeaux, ...
Walden's Shore explores Thoreau's understanding of the "living rock" on which life's complexity depends--not as metaphor but as physical science.
Thoreau's sojourn in the wilderness
The book also includes a time line and list of resources—books, websites, and places to visit that offer even more opportunities to connect with this fascinating man.
Volume 1 covers the years 1837 to 1855. These journals are sourcebooks for many of Thoreau's works including "Walden." Hundreds of entries on nature and philosophical topics. An extraordinary record of Thoreau's life and thought.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau