On the Duty of Civil Disobedience and Walden [EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition] - Softcover

Thoreau, Henry David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425087248 ISBN 13: 9781425087241

Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com, 2007

Synopsis

Raising his voice against the mass slavery that ensued with the Industrial era, Thoreau has penned this brilliant work. Combining the wisdom of the antiquity with his own intellectual precept, he deals with the problems of the new age and comes up with universal solutions. He further expounds on the duty of every citizen to safeguard his rights and the benefit of the country.

About this title

About the Author:

Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts. He spent time as a school teacher after attending Harvard College but was dismissed for his refusal to administer corporal punishment. In 1845, wanting to write his first book, he moved to Walden Pond and built his cabin on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was during his time at Walden that Thoreau was imprisoned briefly for not paying taxes; this experience became the basis for his well-known essay "Civil Disobedience." He died of tuberculosis in 1862 at the age of 44.

About this edition

• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1425087248
• ISBN 13: 9781425087241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 508