Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Essays of Henry David Thoreau - 26 Influential Titles in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Contents:
Introduction:
Thoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays:
Civil Disobedience
Slavery in Massachusetts
Life Without Principle
Excursions
Natural History of Massachusetts
A Walk to Wachusett
The Landlord
A Winter Walk
The Succession of Forest Trees
Walking
Autumnal Tints
Wild Apples
Night and Moonlight
Aulus Persius Flaccus
The Service
Sir Walter Raleigh
Prayers
Paradise (to be) Regained
Herald of Freedom
Thomas Carlyle and His Works
Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum
A Plea for Captain John Brown
The Last Days of John Brown
After the Death of John Brown
Reform and the Reformers
The Highland Light
Dark Ages
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.