Harper, New York, 1989. 18th paperback printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, fading to cover, light price sticker residue, slight corner creasing, spine crease, well read.

Henry David Thoreau's masterwork, Walden, is a collection of his reflections on life and society. His simple but profound musings—as well as Civil Disobedience, his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty—have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature.

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'If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.' Disdainful of America's growing commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods by Walden Pond. Walden, the classic account of his stay there, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist's yearning for spiritual truth and self-reliance. But even as Thoreau disentangled himself from worldly matters, his solitary musings were often disturbed by his social conscience. 'Civil Disobedience', expressing his antislavery and antiwar sentiments, has influenced nonviolent resistance movements worldwide. Michael Meyer's introduction points out that Walden is not so much an autobiographical study as a 'shining example' of Transcendental individualism. So, too, 'Civil Disobedience' is less a call to political activism than a statement of Thoreau's insistence on living a life of principle.

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Bookseller: Shop-books.ca (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 202001163
Title: Walden and Civil Disobedience
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 18th printing
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 006080615X
ISBN 13: 9780060806156
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: used books, discount books
Bookseller catalogs: Non-Fiction; Philosophy;

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