Summer - From the Journal of Henry David Thoreau - Thoreau, Henry David
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First published in 1884, Summer ¿ From the Journals of Henry David Thoreau is a charming volume of Thoreaüs observations during the American summertime between the years of 1841 and 1859. Full of enchanting descriptions, this enthusiastic volume spans the months of June and July, with daily entries illustrating Thoreaüs experiences with the natural landscape over the 20 years they were collected. Highly evocative of the experience of summertime in nature, this selection of journal entries paint a beautiful picture of the sights and sounds of summer in New England, America, during the mid-19th…mehr

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First published in 1884, Summer ¿ From the Journals of Henry David Thoreau is a charming volume of Thoreaüs observations during the American summertime between the years of 1841 and 1859. Full of enchanting descriptions, this enthusiastic volume spans the months of June and July, with daily entries illustrating Thoreaüs experiences with the natural landscape over the 20 years they were collected. Highly evocative of the experience of summertime in nature, this selection of journal entries paint a beautiful picture of the sights and sounds of summer in New England, America, during the mid-19th century. Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, philosopher and poet. He was a leading transcendentalist, best known for his reflections on simple living within nature ¿ explored in his landmark work, Walden. He was a prolific writer, penning over 20 volumes of work in his lifetime. Republished by Read & Co. Books, this remarkable volume of Thoreaüs summertime observations is an essential read for fans of his work and those interested in American naturalist writing from the late 19th century.
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Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and Yankee attention to 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 he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs. He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending the abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.