The Book of Nature: A Book That Changed American Lifestyles: A Book That Changed American Lifestyles

Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Home Library Series · Collection. A book that changed American lifestyle, a poetic prose classic about simple living, and a contemplation on loving life and cherishing existence. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), one of the greatest writers in America, was born on July 12, 1871, in Concord City and graduated from Harvard University in 1837. He a teacher, assistant to the philosopher Emerson, and in 1845, he lived alone in Walden Woods for two years with a borrowed axe. The Book of Nature is a wonderful account of this time in the woods. As time passed, the book's influence grew. Today, it has become one of the most widely read books in the Western world, second only to the Bible. As a writer who advocated simple living, in the year 2000, he was voted by American college students as the most charming figure of the century.