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  1. The American author Henry David Thoreau is best known for his magnum opus Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854); second to this in popularity is his essay, “Resistance to Civil Government” (1849), which was later republished posthumously as “Civil Disobedience” (1866).

  2. Henry David Thoreau is recognized as an important contributor to the American literary and philosophical movement known as New England transcendentalism. His essays, books, and poems weave together two central themes over the course of his intellectual career: nature and the conduct of life.

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: American essayist, poet and practical philosopher, Henry David Thoreau was a New England Transcendentalist and author of the book 'Walden.' Industries; Fiction and Poetry

  4. Henry David Thoreau was a philosopher and writer best known for his attacks on American social institutions and his respect for nature and simple living. He was heavily influenced by the writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, who introduced Thoreau to the ideas of transcendentalism, a philosophy central to Thoreau's thinking and writing.

  5. Nov 11, 2018 · this ebook. Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of H. D. Thoreau. Author: Henry David Thoreau. Editor: David Widger. Release Date: November 11, 2018 [EBook #58273] Language: English. Character set encoding: UTF-8. *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PG WORKS OF THOREAU ***.

  6. Henry David Thoreau - American essayist, philosopher, poet, pacifist, individualist. Born: July 12, 1817. Birthplace: Concord, Massachusetts. Died: May 6, 1862 (tuberculosis, age 44) Best Known Work: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Journal ...

  7. Extensive site devoted to the writings, philosophy, life of Henry David Thoreau; created by The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau, definitive edition of Thoreau's works, directed by Elizabeth Hall Witherell.

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