Walden and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

Overview

In 1845 Thoreau built himself a shanty in the woods by Walden Pond, where he lived from 1845 to 1847. Walden has remained a successful treatise on the subjects of self-sufficiency, individualism, relationship with nature, and rejection of material ambition. His residence at the Pond was interrupted by a day's imprisonment for refusal to pay a poll tax to a government that supported the Mexican War. This action was in accord with his belief in passive resistance, a means of protest he explained in his essay Civil Disobedience (1849).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788893159852
Publisher:	Henry David Thoreau
Publication date:	10/06/2015
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	405 KB

About the Author

Massachusetts native Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading member of the American Transcendentalist movement, whose faith in nature was tested while Thoreau lived in a homemade hut at Walden Pond between 1845 and 1847. While there, Thoreau worked on the two books published in his lifetime: Walden and A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. The Maine Woods, Cape Cod, Excursions, and other works were published posthumously.

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