Henry David Thoreau online
Major essays, major essays by henry d. thoreau:.
- A Walk to Wachusett » An essay about a journey Thoreau took with Richard Fuller, from Concord to the summit of Mount Wachusett located in Princeton, Massachusetts. (10 pages)
- A Winter Walk » An essay that deals with relationship with nature. It describes a walk taken by Thoreau during the winter. (10 pages)
- Autumnal Tints » Thoreau's classic essay about nature. Autumnal Tints eloquenty describes the colors of New England fall. (20 pages)
- Civil Disobedience » An essay, also known as Resistance to Civil Government, about the relationships between individual citizens and their government. (16 pages)
- Life Without Principle » An essay in which Thoreau condemns the American social system and lays out his program for righteous living. (13 pages)
- Natural History of Massachusetts » Natural History of Massachusetts is a half book review, half natural history essay, consisting of revised passages from Thoreau's journal. (14 pages)
- Slavery in Massachusetts » An essay based on a speech Thoreau gave at an anti-slavery rally at on July 4, 1854, after the reenslavement in Boston, Massachusetts of fugitive slave Anthony Burns. (10 pages)
- The Succession of Forest Trees » An essay in which Thoreau analyzes aspects of forest ecology and urges farmers to plant trees in natural patterns of succession. (10 pages)
- Walking » Walking is an essay on experiencing the natural world, focusing on relationship between nature and civilization. (21 pages)
- Wild Apples » An essay about history and variations of the wild apple species. Thoreau's love letter to wild apples. (16 pages)
- Other Essays » A Plea for Captain John Brown, Paradise (to be) Regained, Reform and the Reformers, Sir Walter Raleigh, The Highland Light, Aulus Persius Flaccus, Dark Ages, Herald of Freedom, Night and Moonlight...
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