Publisher's Synopsis
Thoreau's "Walden" is an American Classic. "Henry went forth to battle when he took to the woods, and Walden is the report of a man torn by two powerful and opposing drives-the desire to enjoy the world and the urge to set the world straight." - E. B. White. This edition containing Thoreau's essay "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" is in modern easy to read typeface.
