| Meditations of Henry David Thoreau: A Light in the Woods Contributor(s): Highland, Chris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0899973213 ISBN-13: 9780899973210 Publisher: Wilderness Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: Pencil-maker, surveyor, naturalist - Henry David Thoreau wrote articles and essays that established him as America's first great conservationist. As a preeminent social critic, Thoreau's sense of social justice influenced Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. As a 19th century man, Thoreau witnessed the Industrial Revolution, Westward expansion and its harbinger, the railroad, slavery, and Civil War. He stayed alert to the dynamics of human behavior, but Nature was his foremost wild laboratory for the soul. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003041156 |
| Series: Meditations (Wilderness) |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 4.59" W x 7.08" (0.31 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A selection of 60 thoughtful Thoreau quotations and placed them alongside the wisdom words of writers, philosopohers, and teachers from around the world. Bound in a lovely and compact format, the book totes easily along in your pocket, backpack, or picnic basket. Solitude never felt so cozy. |