Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A 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 disobedience to an unjust state

Walking

Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau's essay "Walking" grew out of magazine entries advanced in 1851 into  lectures, "Walking" and "The Wild," which had been added in 1851 and 1852, and once more in 1856 and 1857. Thoreau mixed the lectures, separated them in 1854, and labo...

Walden and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience

Henry David Thoreau

In 1845, Henry David Thoreau cleared out Concord Massachusetts and moved to a cabin that he built by himself close Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Walden, is an account of his remain within the woods and his encounter. Shedding the minor ties that he f...