Henry David Thoreau: American Naturalist, Writer, and Transcendentalist

by Steven P. Olson

Best known for fleeing civilization to live in a cabin on Walden Pond, Thoreau was part of an exciting time in American philosophy. He was a prot?g? of famous poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, and his essay on civil disobedience influenced leaders such as Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. The book covers his childhood, education, and his own famous act of civil disobedience.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1404205047
• ISBN13: 9781404205048
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Rosen Central
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8