The Greatest Essays of Henry David Thoreau - 26 Influential Titles in One Edition

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Essays of Henry David Thoreau - 26 Influential Titles in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.Contents:Introduction:Thoreau by Ralph Waldo EmersonEssays:Civil DisobedienceSlavery in MassachusettsLife Without PrincipleExcursionsNatural History of MassachusettsA Walk to WachusettThe LandlordA Winter WalkThe Succession of Forest TreesWalkingAutumnal TintsWild ApplesNight and MoonlightAulus Persius FlaccusThe ServiceSir Walter RaleighPrayersParadise (to be) RegainedHerald of FreedomThomas Carlyle and His WorksWendell Phillips Before the Concord LyceumA Plea for Captain John BrownThe Last Days of John BrownAfter the Death of John BrownReform and the ReformersThe Highland LightDark AgesHenry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.