Thoreau, Henry David

The author describes his two-year solitary existence on a remote farm in the New England woods for the purpose of finding the simpler life.

Thoreau stresses the importance of a quiet reflective life and the rewards of a non-materialistic existence in "Walden" and discusses his belief in nonviolent protests against an unjust government in "On the duty of civil disobedience".

Presents an annotated version of the 1854 edition of "Walden, " in which Thoreau offers his philosophy of life and observations of nature gleaned from two years of solitude living in a cabin on Walden Pond in Massachusetts.

Thoreau's Journal was his life's work:the daily practice of writing that accompanied his daily walks, the workshop where he developed his books and essays, and a project in its own right-one of the most intensive explorations ever made of the everyday environment, the revolving seasons, and the changing self.

A collection of poems by American poet Henry Thoreau.