Henry David Thoreau Thoreau's Excursions with a Biographical 'Sketch' by Ralph Waldo

Excursions contains the complete texts of nine of Thoreaus most popular essays. These include Natural History of Massachusetts, his first essay to appear in The Dial (a quarterly periodical edited by Margaret Fuller), as well as other well known early works like A Winter Walk and The Landlord. Later works include his famous essays Walking, Autumnal Tints and Wild Apples, the last of which was based on a lecture he gave during the Concord Lyceums 18591860 season and was published in the Atlantic Monthly after his death. Because Excursions is a chronological presentation of Thoreaus work, including early pieces as well as essays from his later life, it gives us a fascinating look at the development of one of Americas greatest writers and thinkers. Thoreau had a tremendous influence on American literature and in the development of the study of natural history. He is considered one of Americas foremost writers, both in terms of his writing style and because of the forwardlooking views that his essays embody. This edition includes a biographical "sketch" of Thoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson. | Henry David Thoreau Thoreau's Excursions with a Biographical 'Sketch' by Ralph Waldo