These personal essays are a poetic blend of fiction and biography, rich in imagery and uncompromising in their emotional honesty.
An essay on the wild apple gives the history of the fruit and discusses its growth, beauty, names and flavor through the seasons
Wild Apples
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The essay were written during a time of great change in Thoreau's environs, as the Massachusetts (USA) of his childhood became increasingly urbanized and industrialized.
Henry David Thoreau ( July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian.
It is remarkable how closely the history of the Apple-tree is connected with thatof man.
Wild Apples: Poems
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Wild Apples Henry David Thoreau - Wild Apples is a compilation of two classic philosophical nature essays by the great American naturalist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau.