A Plea for Captain John Brown - Read to the Citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday Evening, October Thirtieth, Eighteen Fifty-Nine

Henry David Thoreau

ISBN 10: 1473335582 / ISBN 13: 9781473335585

Published by Thousand Fields, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Plea for Captain John Brown - Read to the Citizens of Concord, Massachusetts on Sunday Evening, October Thirtieth, Eighteen Fifty-Nine
• Publisher: Thousand Fields
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1473335582
• ISBN 13: 9781473335585
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 13.97W x 0.2H x 21.59D centimeters 13.97 centimeters width by 0.2 centimeters height by 21.59 centimeters depth
• Weight: 54 grams

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Synopsis

Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) was an American poet, philosopher, essayist, abolitionist, naturalist, development critic, and historian. He was also a leading figure in Transcendentalism, and is best known for his book “Walden”, a treatise on simple living in a natural environment. Other notable works by this author include: “The Landlord” (1843), “Reform and the Reformers” (1846–48), and “Slavery in Massachusetts” (1854). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

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.