Book

Henry David Thoreau

A Life

Laura Dassow Walls

2017

The University of Chicago Press

Associated Ideas, People, and Places

Comment

'Walden' Wasn’t Thoreau’s Masterpiece

In his 2-million-word journal, the transcendentalist balanced poetic wonder and scientific rigor as he explored the natural world.

by Andrea Wulf via The Atlantic on November 1, 2017
Book Review

The True American

A review on the many publications about Henry David Thoreau's life for the bicentennial anniversary of his birthday.

by Robert Pogue Harrison via New York Review of Books on August 17, 2017
Book Review

Wild Thing: A New Biography of Thoreau

Freeing Thoreau from layers of caricature that have long distorted his legacy.

by Daegan Miller via Los Angeles Review of Books on July 16, 2017
Book Review

Thoreau: A Radical for All Seasons

The surprising persistence of Henry David Thoreau.

by Jedediah Britton-Purdy via The Nation on June 1, 2017

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