Thoreau in His Own Time: A Biographical Chronicle of His Life, Drawn from Recollections, Interviews, and Memoirs by Family, Friends, and Associates (Writers in Their Own Time)
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1609380878 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 268 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Selections from the correspondence of Caroline Healey Dall, Maria Thoreau, Sophia Hawthorne, Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley, and Amanda Mather amplify our understanding of the ways in which nineteenth-century women viewed Thoreau. Each entry is introduced by a headnote that places the selection in historical and cultural context. More than any other Transcendentalist of his time, Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) embodied the full complement of the movement’s ideals and vocations: author,
“Thoreau in His Own Time is a type of composite biography that highlights the various facets of Thoreau’s career. He lived many lives, not only the one he passed at Walden Pond, and they all warrant discussion in this fascinating and wonderfully researched edition of memoirs by those who knew him.”—Gary Scharnhorst, University of New Mexico
"Henry David Got a Bum Rap" according to Deke Solomon. Best I can recollect, it was Mark Twain who argued that the surest way to earn fame as a liar is to always tell the truth. I have no idea who first observed that when the big fish dies all little fish flock to eat him, but it is perhaps the simplest lesson a reader learns from Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea." Of those two grim ironies, there may be no better illustration than the life and career of Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1