Thoreau in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associ

More than any other Transcendentalist of his time, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) embodied the full complement of the movement's ideals and vocations: author, advocate for self-reform, stern critic of society, abolitionist, philosopher, and naturalist. The Thoreau of our time--valorized anarchist, founding environmentalist, and fervid advocate of civil disobedience--did not exist in the nineteenth century. In this rich and appealing collection,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609380878
• ISBN13: 9781609380878
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: University of Iowa Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"