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Henry David Thoreau

12 July 1817 - 6 May 1862

Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, poet, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and 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 individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.

Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore; while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time imploring one to abandon waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.

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  • Cover of: Walden

    First published in 1854 486 editions in 7 languages — 75 previewable Cover of edition waldenwithanintr00thoruoft Cover of edition waldenorlifeinwo0000unse_k0u4 Cover of edition walden02thor Cover of edition waldenlifewoods00thorrich Cover of edition waldenstoryoflif00thoruoft Cover of edition cu31924014220697 Cover of edition cu31924021445741 Cover of edition waldenorlifeinwo00thor Cover of edition waldenhenry00thorrich
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  • Cover of: A week on the Concord and Merrimac rivers.

    First published in 1849 93 editions in 1 language — 17 previewable Cover of edition weekonconcordme00thor Cover of edition weekconcord00thorrich Cover of edition aweekontheconcor00thoruoft Cover of edition weekonconcordme00thore Cover of edition weekonconcordmer1896thor Cover of edition weekonconcordme00tho Cover of edition weekonconcordmer00thoruoft Cover of edition cu31924007913530 Cover of edition weekonconcordmer00thorrich
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  • Cover of: The Maine woods

    First published in 1803 54 editions in 1 language — 12 previewable Cover of edition mainewoods00thoruoft Cover of edition mainewoods00thorrich Cover of edition mainewoods00byuthor Cover of edition mainewoods00thor Cover of edition mainewoods05thorgoog Cover of edition illustratedmaine00henr Cover of edition mainewoods0000thor_p3q8 Cover of edition mainewoo00thor Cover of edition mainewoods0000thor
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  • Cover of: Cape Cod

    First published in 1864 52 editions in 1 language — 19 previewable Cover of edition capecod00tho Cover of edition capecod1896thor Cover of edition capecodthoreauhe00thorrich Cover of edition cod00capethorrich Cover of edition capecod00thoreau Cover of edition capecod00thore Cover of edition capecod_00thorrich Cover of edition capeco00thor Cover of edition capecodth00thoruoft
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  • Cover of: The writings of Henry David Thoreau: With bibliographical introductions and full indexes. In ten volumes

    First published in 1884 42 editions in 1 language — 26 previewable Cover of edition writingsofhenryd02thoruoft Cover of edition writingsofhenryd13thoruoft Cover of edition writingsofhenryd08thoruoft Cover of edition cu31924097556546 Cover of edition writingsofhenryd19thoruoft Cover of edition writingsofhenryd18thoruoft Cover of edition writingsofhenryd01thoruoft Cover of edition writingsofhenryd01thorrich Cover of edition workswriting03thorrich
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  • Cover of: Journal: Volume 1: 1837-1844

    First published in 1906 41 editions in 1 language — 9 previewable Cover of edition thoreauonbirdsno0000thor Cover of edition journal08-14thor Cover of edition americanlandscap0000thor Cover of edition selectedjournals00thor Cover of edition heartofthoreausj00thor Cover of edition writersjournal0000thor Cover of edition consciousnessinc0000thor Cover of edition heartofthoreausj0000thor
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  • Cover of: Excursions.

    First published in 1840 35 editions in 2 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition excursionshenry00thorrich Cover of edition excursionhenry00thorrich Cover of edition excursions00thorrich Cover of edition excursions00thoruoft Cover of edition excursions0000thor Cover of edition mainewoods04thorgoog Cover of edition excursions000thor
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  • Cover of: Walking

    First published in 1914 25 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition walking0000thor_v7h2 Cover of edition walking00henr
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  • Cover of: Ṿegn der flikhṭ fun umgehorkhzamḳayṭ tsum shṭoṭ

    First published in 1800 23 editions in 3 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Civil Disobedience Illustrated

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  • Cover of: Friendship: an essay

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  • Cover of: A Yankee in Canada: with anti-slavery and reform papers

    First published in 1866 15 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition yankeeincanada00thorrich Cover of edition cihm_41922 Cover of edition yankeeincanadawi00thor Cover of edition yankeeincanadawi00thoruoft Cover of edition cihm_41922 Cover of edition yankeeincanada0000thor Cover of edition yankeeincanadawi0000thor
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  • Cover of: The Portable Thoreau (Penguin Classics)

    First published in 1947 15 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition portablethoreau00thor_0
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  • Cover of: Thoreau: People, Principles and Politics (American Century Series, Ac64)

    First published in 1947 13 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition portablethoreau0000thor_o2k8
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  • Cover of: Walden and other writings

    First published in 1937 11 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition waldenotherwriti00thor Cover of edition waldenotherwriti00thor_0 Cover of edition waldenotherwriti0000thor_y2v4 Cover of edition walden0000unse_a3h4 Cover of edition waldenotherwriti0000thor_x3m4 Cover of edition waldenotherwriti0000thor
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Subjects
Thoreau, henry david, 1817-1862, American Authors, Natural history, Wilderness areas, Description and travel, Biography, Solitude, Civil disobedience, Social life and customs, Homes and haunts, Nature, Authors, american, Natural history, united states, Quotations, American literature, Authors, biography, Correspondence, Resistance to Government, Quotations, maxims, Travel, Diaries, Fiction, Massachusetts, social life and customs, History, Naturalists
Places
Massachusetts, Walden Woods (Mass.), United States, Walden Woods, Cape Cod (Mass.), New England, Concord River (Mass.), Cape Cod, Merrimack River (N.H. and Mass.), Piscataquis County (Me.), Alabama, Concord, Maine, Owl Creek Bridge, Québec (Province), Mallard residence, Milford meeting house, Andover, Barbados, China, Concord River, Eastern Europe, England, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Minnesota
People
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), John Brown (1800-1859), Peyton Farquhar, Elizabeth, Mr. Hooper, Brently Mallard, Devil, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Abigail Williams, Amanda Wingfield, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, Jim O'Connor, John Hale, John Hathorne
Time
19th century, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 1861-65, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1837-1861, 1844-1860, 19e siècle, 1600s, 1764-1850, 1783-1865, 1800-1900, 1843-1863, 1854, 1927, A trip with his brother on 1839, Civil War, December, Jin dai, Siglo XIX, carnival

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  • Henry Thoreau
  • Henry D. Thoreau
  • Henry-David Thoreau
  • Thoreau Hd
  • David Henry Thoreau
  • Thoreau
  • H.-D. Thoreau
  • Henry David. Edited By Jeffrey S. Cramer Thoreau
  • Henry David thoreau
  • Henry David] [Thoreau
  • henry d. Thoreau
  • HENRY DAVID THOREAU
  • Henry, David Thoreau
  • Henry D Thoreau
  • Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.
  • Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1886.
  • D. Henry Thoreau
  • H. D. Thoreau
  • H.D. Hd Thoreau
  • Henry David Lunt, Dudley C. Thoreau
  • H.D. Thoreau
  • Henry David Dillman, Richard Thoreau
  • Thoreau & Emerson
  • Thoreau Henry David
  • Henry David 1817-1862 Thoreau
  • Henry David THOREAU
  • Henry David Henry David Thoreau

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December 5, 2023 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten remove inventaire.io
February 12, 2023 Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten add IDs
August 15, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
January 6, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import