These nine essays, among Thoreau’s most popular writings, grew out of his daily saunters around Concord, Massachusetts. Published only after his death, these early works document Thoreau’s developing eye for natural description. Includes “Walking, ” “A Natural History of Massachusetts, ” “A Winter Walk, ” “Autumnal Tints, ” “Wild Apples” and “Night and Moonlight, ” among others.
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Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American philosopher, naturalist, essayist, and a member of the Transcendentalist school associated with Emerson. He is best known for the collection of essays published under the title Walden (1854), inspired by his solitary sojourn at Walden Pond. His ideas on civil disobedience influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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