Henry David Thoreau : WALDEN "and Civil Disobedience"

A sturdy individuálist and a lover of nature, Henry Dávid Thoreau was typical of his time and place—an epitome of the Yankee spirit. In March, 1845, he set out to live life in a new way. Borrowing an ax, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, Massachusetts, where he lived until September, 1847. Walden is a record of that experiment in simple living. In this fascinating work Thoreau describes his Robinson Crusoe existence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man.
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is Thoreau's classic protest against government's interference with individual liberty One of the most famous essays ever written, it came to the attention of Gandhi and förmed the basis for his passive resistance movement.
"No truer American existed than Thoreau." — Emerson Alsó included in this Signet Classics edition is a repre-sentative selection of Thoreau's poetry

With an Afterword by Perry Miller