This volume features collected wisdom of Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau had a decidely modern mind, and many of his writings prove startlingly applica

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Discussion of the careers and writings of the Transcendentalists, Emerson, Thoreau, Alcott, Fuller, and Parker; the Brahmins, Holmes, Longfellow, and Lowell; an

American nature writers as literary artists & political catalysts.