Excursions (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Excursions (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Henry David Thoreau
Excursions (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

Excursions (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Henry David Thoreau

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Overview

These nine essays, among Thoreau’s most popular writings, grew out of his daily saunters around Concord, Massachusetts. Published only after his death, these early works document Thoreau’s developing eye for natural description. Includes “Walking,” “A Natural History of Massachusetts,” “A Winter Walk,” “Autumnal Tints,” “Wild Apples” and “Night and Moonlight,” among others.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781411460577
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication date: 07/26/2011
Series: Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 324
Sales rank: 952,944
File size: 2 MB

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
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