Walking

Informationen zum Autor Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts. He spent time as a school teacher after attending Harvard College but was dismissed for his refusal to administer corporal punishment. In 1845, wanting to write his first book, he moved to Walden Pond and built his cabin on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was during his time at Walden that Thoreau was imprisoned briefly for not paying taxes; this experience became the basis for his well-known essay "Civil Disobedience." He died of tuberculosis in 1862 at the age of 44. Klappentext A meandering ode to the simple act and accomplished art of taking a walk. Profound and humorous, companionable and curmudeonly, Walking, by America's first nature writer, is your personal and portable guide to the activity that, like no other, awakens the senses and the soul to the "absolute freedom and wildness" of nature. Zusammenfassung A meandering ode to the simple act and accomplished art of taking a walk. Profound and humorous! companionable and curmudeonly! Walking! by America's first nature writer! is your personal and portable guide to the activity that! like no other! awakens the senses and the soul to the "absolute freedom and wildness" of nature.

Product details

• Authors: Henry D. Thoreau
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.1994
• EAN: 9780062511133
• ISBN: 978-0-06-251113-3
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 108 mm x 127 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History of Science, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Prayer and prayer books, Society and culture: general, Religion and science, Social groups: religious groups and communities, RELIGION: Inspirational, PHILOSOPHY: MODERN, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY: Religious, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION, SCIENCE: History, RELIGION: Prayer, RELIGION: Faith