Familiar Letters of Henry David Thoreau (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Henry David Thoreau, Franklin Benjamin Sanborn (Editor)

Overview

Published in 1895, this collection gives the reader an intimate glimpse into Thoreau’s epistolary reflections. His correspondents include his brother John, his sister Helen, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book also includes essays on Margaret Fuller, nature, morality, and love and chastity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411458543
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	07/26/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	510
File size:	410 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American philosopher, naturalist, essayist, and a member of the Transcendentalist school associated with Emerson.  He is best known for the collection of essays published under the title Walden (1854), inspired by his solitary sojourn at Walden Pond.  His ideas on civil disobedience influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Date of Birth:

July 12, 1817

Date of Death:

May 6, 1862

Place of Birth:

Concord, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Concord, Massachusetts

Education:

Concord Academy, 1828-33); Harvard University, 1837