Henry David Thoreau (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Henry David Thoreau (thuh-ROH), defier of labels, was born before his time. If written thirty or forty years later, Walden might have surged to success on the tide of nature interest which benefited such writers as John Burroughs and John Muir. As it was, Thoreau was largely ignored by his own generation, which dismissed him as an impractical reformer. It was only later that he was recognized as one of the most original thinkers and one of the best prose writers of his time.
Along with Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Thoreau is often referred to as a member of...
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