Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience: Bestsellers and famous Books

Henry David Thoreau

anboco, Nov 1, 2016 - Fiction - 311 pages

Walden is a book by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau and a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings - a part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance.

About the author

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience: Bestsellers and famous Books
• Author: Henry David Thoreau
• Publisher: anboco, 2016
• ISBN: 3736418361, 9783736418363
• Length: 311 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary