Henry D. Thoreau

This work presents an incredible biography of the famous 'Walden' author Henry D. Thoreau. He was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, philosopher, and transcendentalist. Thoreau is best known for reflecting upon simple living in natural surroundings in 'Walden' and his essay 'Civil Disobedience,' an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
Contents include:
Birth and Family
Childhood and Youth
Concord and its Famous People
The Embattled Farmers
The Transcendental Period
Early Essays in Authorship
Friends and Companions
The Walden Hermitage
Horace in the Role of Mæcenas
In Wood and Field
Personal Traits and Social Life
Poet, Moralist, and Philosopher
Life, Death, and Immortality