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With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ", for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his... Read Full Overview

With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ," for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his... Read Full Overview

Introduction by Ralph Waldo Emerson Commentary by Van Wyck Brooks and E. B. White Naturalist, philosopher, champion of self-reliance and moral independence, Henry David Thoreau remains not only one of our most influential writers but also one of our most contemporary. This unique... Read Full Overview

With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ", for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature.

With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!", for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature. The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his... Read Full Overview

Henry David Thoreau, a naturalist, philosopher, and proponent of moral and intellectual independence, is still one of our most prominent writers and a member of the modern generation. The complete Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, excerpts from Cape Cod and... Read Full Overview