Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau

Book Overview

A transcendentalist classic on social responsibility and a manifesto that inspired modern protest movements Critical of 19th-century America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods of Concord, Massachusetts in 1845. Walden , the account of his stay near Walden Pond, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a transcendentalist's yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0092GEKIQ
• ISBN13: 9780140390445
• Release Date: August 1983
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher