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Life of Henry David Thoreau
Salt
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Description for Life of Henry David Thoreau
Paperback. A definitive and much-admired biography of Thoreau, now made available (and affordable!) in this first-ever paperback edition of Henry Salt's final version. Editor(s): Salt, Henry S.; Hendrick, George; Hendrick, Willene; Oehlschlaeger, Fritz. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; BG; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
No Englishman did more in the nineteenth century to advance the literary reputation of Henry David Thoreau than Henry S. Salt. A biographer and literary critic as well as a remarkable reformer who participated broadly in his era's movements for social change, Salt abandoned his mastership at Eton in the 1880s to devote himself to causes including socialism, vegetarianism, animals' rights, conservation, and prison reform.
In 1890 Salt published the initial version of Thoreau's Life. With the help of American friends, he revised the book and published it anew six years later. The present volume is the ... Read more
No Englishman did more in the nineteenth century to advance the literary reputation of Henry David Thoreau than Henry S. Salt. A biographer and literary critic as well as a remarkable reformer who participated broadly in his era's movements for social change, Salt abandoned his mastership at Eton in the 1880s to devote himself to causes including socialism, vegetarianism, animals' rights, conservation, and prison reform.
In 1890 Salt published the initial version of Thoreau's Life. With the help of American friends, he revised the book and published it anew six years later. The present volume is the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252069062
SKU
V9780252069062
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Reviews for Life of Henry David Thoreau
"A beautifully written and very sympathetic short biography of Thoreau that all Thoreauvians should treasure... Salt was just the person to write about Thoreau. He was in complete sympathy with Thoreau's ideas, and he wrote about them and him beautifully." Thoreau Society Journal "For the newcomer to Thoreau, Salt provides a readable and sensitive introduction... It is good to see ... Read more