The Portable Thoreau (Portable Library)
by Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of his friends’ advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he determinedly pursued his own inner bent, which was that of a poet-philosopher, in prose and verse. Carl Bode brings together the best of Thoreau’s works in The Portable Thoreau , a comprehensive collection of the writings of a unique and profoundly influential American thinker. The complete texts of Thoreau’s classic works Walden and “Civil Disobedience,” as well as selections from The Maine Woods , Cape Cod , the Journal , and eighteen poems are included. Bode’s introduction rounds out this compact volume, offering a thorough and informative analysis of Thoreau and the forces that shaped his life and writing. “This compact book, containing infinite riches in a little room, is a simple setting for sound sense, nugget-like thought, the refined essences of a point of view” — St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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- Title
- The Portable Thoreau (Portable Library)
- Author
- Henry David Thoreau
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- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
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- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0140150315
- ISBN 13
- 9780140150315
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
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