Publisher's Synopsis
Henry David Thoreau, a naturalist, philosopher, and proponent of moral and intellectual independence, is still one of our most prominent writers and a member of the modern generation. The complete Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, excerpts from Cape Cod and The Maine Woods, "Walking," "Civil Disobedience," "Slavery in Massachusetts," "A Plea for Captain John Brown," and "Life Without Principle" are all included in this special and comprehensive edition. It also includes "Walking," "Civil Disobedience," "Slavery in Massachusetts," "A Plea for Captain John Brown," and "Life Without Principle." Together, they demonstrate this real American original's amazing breadth, complexity, craftsmanship, and depth of thought.
