Henry David Thoreau Books
Walden
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau's book Walden would become particularly popular during the forced austerity of the Great Depression of the 1930s, and then again during the 1960s when conservationism, transcendent..
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Henry David ThoreauHenry David Thoreau's influential essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, or simply Civil Disobedience, was first published in 1849. It argued that individuals should not let governments override the..
A Plea for Captain John Brown
Henry David ThoreauA Plea for Captain John Brown is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. It is based on a speech Thoreau first delivered to an audience at Concord, Massachusetts on October 30, 1859, two weeks after John Bro..
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Henry David ThoreauA Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers is a book by Henry David Thoreau. It is ostensibly the narrative of a boat trip from Concord, Massachusetts to Concord, New Hampshire, and back, that Thoreau..
Walking
Henry David ThoreauWalking is Thoreau's essay that champions the simple act of taking stroll through Nature. It has become one of the most important essays in the environmental movement, and is a portable guide to the m..
Wild Apples
Henry David ThoreauWild Apples is a book by Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development..