Book Cover of Henry D. Thoreau

Henry D. Thoreau

by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

A biography of the famous and popular poet-naturalist, author, philosopher, historian, written by a family friend who spent time with Thoreau almost daily during the last seven years of his life and who knew and talked with members of his family. Written shortly after his death, it was immediately popular and this later edition gained a new audience.

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1882

Genre/Category

Non-Fiction Biography

Tags/Keywords

Naturalism Writer's Life

Author

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn image

Franklin Benjamin Sanborn was an American journalist, teacher, author, reformer, and abolitionist. Sanborn was a social scientist, and a memorialist of American transcendentalism&n...

More on Franklin Benjamin Sanborn

Download eBooks

PDF EPUB Kindle Text Read Online

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed
Apple iTunes Audiobook Complete Audiobook ZIP

Related books

Growth of a Soul Cover image

Growth of a Soul by August Strindberg

The history of the development of a soul can be sometimes written by giving a simple bibliography; for a man who lives in a narrow circle and never me...

Lives of Girls Who Became Famous Cover image

Lives of Girls Who Became Famous by Sarah Knowles Bolton

This book is a collection of short biographies of notable women, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Louisa May Alcott, Florence Nightingale, and many ot...

Days and Hours in a Garden Cover image

Days and Hours in a Garden by Eleanor Vere Boyle

Step into the enchanting world of nature's wonders with "Days and Hours in a Garden" by Eleanor Vere Boyle. Embark on a captivating journey through th...

Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women Cover image

Little Journeys to the Homes of Famous Women by Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have inf...

Izaak Walton's Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert Cover image

Izaak Walton's Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker and George Herbert by Izaak Walton

The full title of Walton's book of short biographies is, Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C. Sir Henry Wotton (1568...

Lady Byron Vindicated Cover image

Lady Byron Vindicated by Harriet Beecher Stowe

In 1869, the Atlantic published Stowe's article, The True Story Of Lady Byron's Life, a brief exposé of the famous poet Lord Byron's sordid private li...

A Memoir of Jane Austen Cover image

A Memoir of Jane Austen by James Edward Austen-Leigh

A Memoir of Jane Austen is a biography of the novelist Jane Austen published in 1869 by her nephew James Edward Austen-Leigh. A second edition was pub...

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin Cover image

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin by Charles Darwin

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin is an autobiography by the English naturalist Charles Darwin. Darwin wrote the text, which he entitled Recoll...

The Early Lives of Dante Cover image

The Early Lives of Dante by Giovanni Boccaccio

Giovanni Boccaccio (1313 -1375) was an Italian poet, most famous for his monumental collection of tales, The Decameron. Like Dante, Boccacio was one o...

The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Cover image

The Life and Adventures of Nat Love by Nat Love

A man born into bondage who became a top cowboy in the wild west. Recommended for anyone interested in cowboy history, American history, black America...

Reviews for Henry D. Thoreau

No reviews posted or approved, yet...