Henry David Thoreau: American Naturalist, Writer, and TranscendentalistThe Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2006-01-15 - 112 psl. Best known for fleeing civilization to live in a cabin on Walden Pond, Thoreau was part of an exciting time in American philosophy. He was a protégé of famous poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his essay on civil disobedience influenced leaders such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. The book covers his childhood, education, and his own famous act of civil disobedience. |
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CONTENTS | 6 |
FOREFATHERS | 14 |
BUILDING A LIFE IN OPPOSITION | 30 |
EARLY WORKS | 48 |
FINDING HIS OWN WAY | 65 |
THOREAUS LEGACY | 84 |
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