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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Collected essays and poems. New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, c2001 (OCoLC)606599748 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Henry David Thoreau |
| ISBN: | 1883011957 9781883011956 |
| OCLC Number: | 44972251 |
| Description: | xiv, 703 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Contents: | Essays. Aulus Persius Flaccus -- The service -- Natural history of Massachusetts -- A walk to Wachusett -- Sir Walter Raleigh -- Dark ages -- A winter walk -- The landlord -- Paradise (to be) regained -- Homer. Ossian. Chaucer : extracts from a lecture on poetry read before the Concord Lyceum, November 29, 1843 by Henry D. Thoreau -- Herald of freedom -- Wendell Phillips before Concord Lyceum -- Thomas Carlyle and his works -- Civil disobedience -- Walking -- A Yankee in Canada -- Love -- Chastity & sensuality -- Slavery in Massachusetts -- Life without principle -- Autumnal tints -- A plea for Captain John Brown -- Martyrdom of John Brown -- The last days of John Brown -- The succession of forest trees : an address before the Middlesex (Mass.) Agricultural Society -- Wild apples -- Huckleberries -- Poems. |
| Series Title: | Library of America, 124. |
| Other Titles: | Selections. |
| Responsibility: | Henry David Thoreau. |
Abstract:
A collection of essential writings features Thoreau's poetry and essays on nature, materialism, conformity, and politics; including such works as "Slavery in Massachusetts," "Civil Disobedience," "A Winter Walk," and "Life Without Principle."
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