Walden and Civil Disobedience

By Henry David Thoreau (Author)

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Pub Date 3/7/2023

ISBN 9781435171817

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Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau
OVERVIEW
In 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a cabin in the woods at Walden Pond to record a philosophical experiment in living: to simplify his life, to support himself entirely by his own labor, and to draw spiritual sustenance from his surroundings. The result: Walden: Or, Life in the Woods (1854). 

In 1846, Thoreau refused to pay a mandated poll tax, refusing to support a government that protected slavery and had launched an aggressive war against Mexico. In his essay “Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau argues that it is the duty of every citizen to disobey immoral laws—and willingly suffer the legal consequences for doing so.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau became a key member of the Transcendentalist movement. 

Title Details

Pages 312 pages

Trim 5.25 x 8 x 0 Inches

Territories World

Category Classics