![]() ![]() Henry David Thoreau died on May 6th, 1862 at the tragically early age of just 44. Canoeing in the Wilderness Henry David Thoreau, Clifton 1865-1940 Johnson 0.00 0 ratings0 reviews Want to read Kindle 1.99 Rate this book This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. In the decades that followed he would be regarded as one of America’s greatest writers. Thoreau spent his last years revising and editing his unpublished works. His health now fell into an irreversible decline with only short periods of remission. In 1859, following a late-night excursion to count the rings of tree stumps during a rain storm, he fell ill with bronchitis. Tragically his life and career were short. A noted Abolitionist Thoreau was a man to stand by his principles regardless of the minority view he might be holding. Eventually his published writings were to celebrate this area and his own philosophies. He was deeply influenced by Nature and especially the Walden woods. ![]() Thoreau was a philosopher of nature and how it affected the human condition. On graduating the normal professions left him unmoved and, after a period teaching at his own school, a growing friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson moved his career onto that of writer and observer of nature. ![]() Thoreau studied at Harvard between 18 taking classes in rhetoric, classics, philosophy, mathematics, and science. Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12th, 1817 on Virginia Road in Concord, Massachusetts. ![]()
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