Walden and Other Writings of Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American author poet philosopher abolitionist naturalist tax resister historian and leading transcendentalist best known for Walden a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience) both of which are included. also in this volume are A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers; Cape Cod; The Allegash and East Branch; Walking; Slavery in Massachusetts; A Plea for Captain John Brown; and Life Without Principle.