Thoreau of Walden Pond (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Sterling North
- First Published: 1959
- Time of Work: 1817–1862
- Setting: Eastern Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Henry David Thoreau, John Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Social reform, Nature, Authors or writers, Writing, New England, Biography, Wildlife, Transcendentalism
- Locales: Massachusetts
Form and Content
As Sterling North’s Thoreau of Walden Pond reveals, the stoic New Englander Henry David Thoreau was truly unique, both as a philosopher in his age and as a historical figure in modern times. The true measure of Thoreau’s success is seen through the considerable influence that he has had on scores of American scholars and leaders, from poet Walt Whitman to civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. To that end, North liberally incorporates into the biography Thoreau’s own lively and vivid prose, primarily from Walden: Or, Life in the Woods...
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