Walden and civil disobedience
Thoreau, Henry David; Case, Kristen
New York, New York · Penguin Books · 2017
Thoreau, Henry David -- Homes and haunts -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods ·Wilderness areas -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods ·Natural history -- Massachusetts -- Walden Woods ·Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography ·Civil disobedience ·Solitude ·Walden Woods (Mass.) -- Social life and customs ·Biographies
Thoreau's famous account of a year spent in a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, during which he made many observations about nature, human life, and the importance of simplicity. Also includes his influential essay "Civil disobedience," arguing that since what is law is not necessarily right, and just because the majority decides an issue doesn't automatically make that issue palatable to a man's conscience, individuals should sometimes oppose the majority and break unjust laws in order to change them.
- Extent
- xxi, 309 pages
- Series
- Penguin Classic
- Language
- eng
- ISBN
- 9780140390445
- LCCN
- 2018295310
- LC class
- PS3048 .A1 2017d
- Dewey
- 818.303
1 copy · reference, in-library use
PS3048 .A1 2017d19A-2