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Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, poet, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.

Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions were his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore; while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time imploring one to abandon waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.

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American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

Born	12 July 1817
Died	6 May 1862

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Walden

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1854 — 486 editions

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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1849 — 93 editions

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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience: Large Print

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2009 — 92 editions

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The Maine woods

by Henry David Thoreau, Richard F. Fleck, and Jeffrey S. Cramer First published in 1803 — 54 editions
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Cape Cod

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1864 — 54 editions
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Walden

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2018 — 49 editions

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Wild apples

by Henry David Thoreau and luis paillacan First published in 1862 — 49 editions
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The writings of Henry David Thoreau.

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1884 — 42 editions
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The heart of Thoreau's journals

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1906 — 41 editions
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Walden

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2018 — 37 editions

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Excursions

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1840 — 35 editions
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Walden: Life in the Woods, and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2018 — 34 editions

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Walden

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2013 — 33 editions

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Excursions

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2019 — 31 editions

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Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1854 — 28 editions

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by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2019 — 27 editions

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A Plea For Captain John Brown

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1859 — 26 editions

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Civil Disobedience: And Other Political Writings

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 2009 — 25 editions

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Walking

by Henry David Thoreau First published in 1914 — 25 editions
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by Henry David Thoreau and Virginia Woolf First published in 1862 — 25 editions

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American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

Born	12 July 1817
Died	6 May 1862

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OLID: OL19690A
Amazon ID: B000AQ4HEO
BookBrainz: dcf3d4e3-ee06-4c44-a99d-1d8c701ff642
GoodReads: 10264
ISNI: 0000000121020957
Integrated Authority File (GND): 118622293
IMDb: nm1828464
Library of Congress Names: n78095600
LibraryThing: thoreauhenrydavid
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Project Gutenberg: 54
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Wikidata: Q131149
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Henry D. Thoreau
Henry Thoreau
(mei) Suoluo

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June 24, 2025	Edited by Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten	add IDs
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Henry David Thoreau