Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian.
Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
•Walden •Walking •A Week On The Concord and Merrimack Rivers •Cape Cod •Canoeing in The Wilderness •Excursions and Poems (Essays + Poems) •Wild Apples •The Maine Woods •On The Duty of Civil Disobedience •A Plea For Captain John Brown