Walden: Life in the Woods: Life in the Woods

by Henry David Thoreau

Overview

A beloved classic reissued for contemporary readers.

Experience a year in the life of Thoreau at Walden Pond in this classic work. Visit the bean-field, the village, and the ponds; learn about our brute neighbors, the higher laws of nature and humankind, and the benefits of reading and solitude.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423646792
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	03/07/2017
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	272,776
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.30(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher and leading transcendentalist. His writings on natural history and philosophy have become two sources of modern-day environmentalism.

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