The Portable Thoreau (Portable Library)

DIVHenry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of his friends’ advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he determinedly pursued his own inner bent, which was that of a poet-philosopher, in prose and verse.p Carl Bode brings together the best of Thoreau’s works in bThe Portable Thoreau/b, a comprehensive collection of the writings of a unique and profoundly influential American thinker. The complete texts of Thoreau’s classic works bWalden /band “Civil Disobedience,” as well as selections from bThe Maine Woods/b, bCape Cod/b, the bJournal/b, and eighteen poems are included. Bode’s introduction rounds out this compact volume, offering a thorough and informative analysis of Thoreau and the forces that shaped his life and writing.p “This compact book, containing infinite riches in a little room, is a simple setting for sound sense, nugget-like thought, the refined essences of a point of view”br — bSt. Louis Post-Dispatch/b /div