Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts. He spent time as a school teacher after attending Harvard College but was dismissed for his refusal to administer corporal punishment. In 1845, wanting to write his first book, he ... [... more]
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CliffsNotes Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism
 get a firm grip on transcendentalism: From Don Henley's Walden Woods Project to the growing voluntary simplicity movement, America is taking to the themes of Transcendentalism first presented by a small group of New England thinkers early in the 19th [... more]
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Brian Swann
Arnold Krupat is the author of several books, including The Turn to the Native: Studies in Criticism & Culture and the novel Woodsmen, or Thoreau and the Indians. He teaches at Sarah Lawrence College. Brian Swann has published a number of ... [... more]
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Loretta Hausman
It's July 4, 1845. A soft-spoken young man named Henry David Thoreau has carefully constructed a small, simple cabin in the woods overlooking Walden Pond. For the next two years, his closest companions will be the chickadees, the woodchucks, and ... [... more]
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Gerald Hausman
It's July 4, 1845. A soft-spoken young man named Henry David Thoreau has carefully constructed a small, simple cabin in the woods overlooking Walden Pond. For the next two years, his closest companions will be the chickadees, the woodchucks, and ... [... more]
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Michael McCurdy
In July 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cottage in the woods near Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. During the two years and two months he spent there, he began to write Walden, a chronicle of his communion with nature that became ... [... more]
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer, whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied ... [... more]
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Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord, Massachusetts. His father worked successively as a farmer, a grocer, and a manufacturer of pencils, and the family was frequently in difficult financial straits. After studying locally, ... [... more]
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The Cambridge Companion to Henry David Thoreau
A valuable guide to Thoreau's work...: This guide to Thoreau's work is a collection of thirteen essays by academic experts. Its topics include the evolution of Thoreau's reputation, the impact of Concord on his life and views, and the effects of his [... more]
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Bonds of Affection: Thoreau on Dogs and Cats
Author: Henry David Thoreau Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 818.309 EAN: 9781558494985 ISBN: 1558494987 Number Of Pages: 89 Publication Date: 2005-10 [... more]
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The Higher Law: Thoreau on Civil Disobedience and Reform
Author: Henry David Thoreau Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 814.3 EAN: 9780691118765 ISBN: 0691118760 Number Of Pages: 232 Publication Date: 2004-05-24 [... more]
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Henry David Thoreau Collected Essays And Poems
Good edition: The LoA editions are wonderful. Their texts are definitive, and the quality of the binding and the paper is top-notch (acid free, etc; it's lightweight, so they can fit everything into a small package.) I've bought a number of LoA editions [... more]
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