The Days of Henry Thoreau: A Biography

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Henry David Thoreau is generally remembered as the author of Walden and "Civil Disobedience," a recluse of the woods and a political protester who once went to jail. To his contemporaries he was a minor disciple of Emerson; he has since joined the ranks of America's most respected and beloved writers. Few, however, really know the complexity of the

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"[T]he best biography we have had."--Carl Bode, The New York Times Book Review

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Walter Harding is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the State University of New York at Geneseo.