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The adventures of Henry Thoreau : a young man's unlikely path to Walden Pond

Sims, Michael, 1958-2014
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From Mahatma Gandhi and John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King and Leo Tolstoy, the works of Henry David Thoreau - author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, schoolteacher, engineer - have long been an inspiration to many. But who was the unsophisticated young man who in 1837 became a protegé of Ralph Waldo Emerson? 'The Adventures of Henry Thoreau' tells the colourful story of a complex man seeking a meaningful life in a tempestuous era. In rich, evocative prose Michael Sims brings to life the insecure, youthful Henry, as he embarks on the path to becoming the literary icon Thoreau.
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2014.
Collation:
x, 372 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408830499 (hbk)
Dewey class:
B THOBTHOB/THO
Language:
English
BRN:
1986914
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