Thoreau, Henry David

New York. 1961. November 1961. Signet/New American Library. 1st Signet Classic Paperback Edition. Previous Owner’s Name Penned in Front, Otherwise Very Good in Wrappers. 0451500989. Foreword By Dennis Sutcliffe. 341 pages. paperback. CT98. Cover: Lambert. keywords: Signet Classic Paperback America Literature 19th Century Nature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Composed largely at Walden Pond from early journals and notes of a trip made with his brother some years earlier, Henry Thoreau's apprentice work wholly reveals his life - obsession with the theme of self - sufficiency. Pages of soaring description of wildlife and woodland living are. merely points of departure for fiery, often exuberant polemics on the need for moral fortitude in a society based on utilitarianism. Platonic ideals and mutability, the Bhagavad - Gita and Christian dogma, highly personal notes on economics and satire, are only a few of the meditative counterpoints engendered by intense contemplation of nature. Throughout this rebellious tract filled with hyperboles of youth emerging into manhood, Thoreau implicitly voices his refusal to live out a life of 'quiet desperation.' Americas ~ foremost example of the free spirit, he stands in every sense, as Emerson described him, 'a bachelor of nature.' inventory #29292 ISBN: 0451500989.