The Writings of Henry David Thoreau: Reform Papers.

By Henry David Thoreau

Book Overview

The selections from the polemical writings of Thoreau that make up Reform Papers represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. Consequently, they are a microcosm of his literary career, allowing the reader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker. The volume opens with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, and contains ten other essays as well.

Reform Papers:
The Service
Paradise (To Be) Regained
Herald of Freedom
Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum
Resistance to Civil Government
Slavery in Massachusetts
A Plea for Captain John Brown
Martyrdom of John Brown
The Last Days of John Brown
Life without Principle
Reform and the Reformers

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691062412
• ISBN13: 9780691062419
• Release Date: February 1974
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.3"