Thoreau on Water - Reflecting Heaven

Informationen zum Autor Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, MA in 1817, and is best know for his influential work, Walden, which was published by Ticknor & Fields in 1854. Klappentext The Spirit of Thoreau series is a fresh new collection of Thoreau's best writing and thinking on various themes, drawn from both unpublished and published sources. THOREAU ON WATER REFLECTING HEAVEN Edited by Robert France Thoreau's most famous book is named for a pond, and he had an almost mystical fascination with water. As he wrote in his journal, "Water indeed reflects heaven because my mind does -- such is its own serenity -- its transparency -- & stillness." THOREAU ON WATER brings together his finest writing on one of his greatest passions.

Product details

• Authors: Robert France, Henry D. Thoreau, Henry David/ France Thoreau
• Assisted by: Robert France (Editor), Robert Lawrence France (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.01.2001
• EAN: 9780395953860
• ISBN: 978-0-395-95386-0
• No. of pages: 100
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 191 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Spirit of Thoreau; Spirit of Thoreau
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works