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Essays (Book)

Henry D Thoreau (Author), Henry David Thoreau (Author), Thoreau Henry David (Author), Jeffrey S. Cramer (Editor)

A treasure trove of Thoreau's most noteworthy essays, with plenty of annotations by a leading Thoreau scholar.

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Of Woodland Pools, Spring-Holes and Ditches: Excerpts from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author), Abigail Rorer (Illustration)

Henry David Thoreau has long been revered for his writings and observations on the natural world. His words evoke his environment with stunning clarity as well as his own innate sense of wonder. His journal, from which the text of "Of Woodland Pools, Spring-Holes & Ditches" [...]

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The Correspondence of Henry D. Thoreau: Volume 1: 1834 - 1848 (Book)

Robert N. Hudspeth (Author), Henry David Thoreau (Author), Robert N. Hudspeth (Editor)

This is the inaugural volume in the first full-scale scholarly edition of Thoreau's correspondence in more than half a century. When completed, the edition's three volumes will include every extant letter written or received by Thoreau--in all, almost 650 letters, roughly [...]

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Walden and Civil Disobedience (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author)

Henry David Thoreau was a master of all subjects, though he is best known for his work and belief in transcendentalism. His writings are all extremely personal and are examples of natural observations in the real world. Thoreau believed in the rights of all humans, and he [...]

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Walden and Civil Disobedience (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author)

Presented in hardcover, this title has been carefully edited and reset in a modern design for greater readability. It includes an introduction, informative notes and a chronology of the writer's life and times to enable the reader to gain a deeper understanding of these [...]

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Green Thoreau (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author), Carol Spenard Larusso (Editor)

Offers a collection of Thoreau's thoughts on nature, simplicity, and materialism, in a work that includes excerpts from "Walden" as well as his personal letters and journals.

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October, or Autumnal Tints (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author), Lincoln Perry (Illustration)

Presents the classic meditation on the change of seasons and maturity, accompanied by watercolors of fall leaves and landscapes and a discussion of the events in the author's life that influenced his philosophy.

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Walden and Civil Disobedience (Book)

Henry D. Thoreau (Author), Henry David Thoreau (Author), Thoreau Henry David (Author)

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

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Walking (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author)

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Collected Works of Henry David Thoreau (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author)

Collected here are an assortment of Thoreau writings displaying his view of nature, life and living. From Walking and Walden to Civil Disobedience, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers and more America's first nature writer awakens the senses and soul.Henry David [...]

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Excursions (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author)

Thoreau is best known for his book Walden but many readers are unfamiliar with his essays on nature most of witch were rarely published during his lifetime. Excursions is a collection of nine essays and Emerson's eulogy essay on Thoreau.Henry David Thoreau was an author, [...]

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Cape Cod (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author)

Thoreau was a man of the strongest local attachments, and seldom wandered beyond his native township. A trip abroad did not tempt him in the least. It would mean in his estimation just so much time lost for enjoying his own village, and he says: "At best, Paris could only [...]

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Canoeing in the Wilderness (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author)

Thoreau was born at Concord, Massachusetts, July 12, 1817, and at the time he made this wilderness canoe trip he was forty years old. The record of the journey is the latter half of his The Maine Woods, which is perhaps the finest idyl of the forest ever written. It is [...]

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Walden and Civil Disobedience (Book)

Henry David Thoreau (Author), Henry David/ Merwin Thoreau (Author)

Presents "Walden," in which Thoreau describes his two-year residence at Walden Pond in a small house of his own construction, and "Civil Disobedience," a protest against governmental interference with individual rights and liberty.

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The Portable Thoreau (Book)

Henry Thoreau (Author), Henry David Thoreau (Author), Henry David/ Cramer Thoreau (Author), Jeff S. Cramer (Editor), Jeffrey S. Cramer (Editor)

Selections by the celebrated author include poems, letters, journal entries, and the complete texts of "Walden" and "Civil Disobedience."

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