Principal Works
*“Ktaadn, and the Maine Woods” (essay) 1848; published in journal Union Magazine
†“Resistance to Civil Government” [also published as “Civil Disobedience”] (essay) 1849
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (essays) 1849
“Slavery in Massachusetts” (essay) 1854; published in newspaper The Liberator
Walden; or, Life in the Woods (essays) 1854
“A Plea for Captain John Brown” (essay) 1860; published in journal Echoes of Harper's Ferry
“Walking” (essay) 1862; published in journal The Atlantic Monthly
Excursions (essays) 1863
“Life without Principle” (essay) 1863; published in journal The Atlantic Monthly
The Maine Woods (essays) 1864
Cape Cod (essays) 1865
A Yankee in Canada, with Anti‐Slavery and Reform Papers (essays) 1866
Early Spring in Massachusetts (essay) 1881
Summer (essay) 1884
Winter (essay) 1888
Autumn (essay) 1892
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau (essays, journal, letters, and poetry) 1906
Journal. 14 vols. (journal) 1949
Consciousness in Concord: The Text of Thoreau's “Lost Journal” (1840‐1841) (journal) 1958
The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau (letters) 1958
Collected Poems (poetry) 1964
*Originally a lecture, “Ktaadn” was later included in The Maine Woods.
†“Resistance to Civil Government” was reprinted in The Writings of Henry David Thoreau under the title, “Civil Disobedience.”
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