Henry David Thoreau

A Companion

By: Michael Berger

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Paperback | 29 July 2025

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Thoreau is well known as a lyrical nature writer, environmental prophet, rebel against stifling convention, and theorist of strategic intervention to protest injustice. He was also a part-time surveyor and pencil maker, student of Native America, abolitionist, philosopher, and shrewd Transcendentalist. Whether living at Walden Pond or comfortably on Main Street in central Concord, Thoreau made deep inquiries into life and gave all to his craft.

Drawing on the work of outstanding scholars and critics, this companion provides information on the full body of Thoreau's work, his life, and his world, connecting the factors that affected Thoreau's thought and writing and highlighting his impact, in his own time and since. This study brings these various aspects of Thoreau's life and writings into focus in over one hundred interconnected essays.

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"Michael Berger's Henry David Thoreau: A Companion is a tremendously useful and accessible resource for all students of Thoreau-from undergraduates to seasoned Thoreau scholars. Berger's Companion provides a remarkably comprehensive, sensitive, and meticulous gloss on Thoreau's life and works, as well as useful and wide-ranging entries on the cultural and historical contexts that inform and enrich our understanding of Thoreau. The organization of the Companion by brief, alphabetical entries, enhanced by cross-referencing and bibliographical notes, makes this a most convenient and insightful reference work."-Steven Fink, author of Prophet in the Marketplace: Thoreau's Development as a Professional Writer

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