Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 Born second son and third child of John and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau in 1817 Growing up was very close to his older brother.

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Henry David Thoreau Born second son and third child of John and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau in 1817 Growing up was very close to his older brother John Attended Harvard College

Influences While at Harvard read Nature by Emerson He and his brother took a trip along Merrimack and Concord Rivers The two taught school for several years Brother died suddenly in 1842

Writing of Walden Retired for two year, two months and two days to a cabin he built on Walden Pond Took manuscript through seven drafts Did not sell particularly well during his lifetime

Thoreau’s Ideas Anticipated the crises that were to arise in the following centuries Opposed slavery vehemently Believed in the necessity of civil disobedience

Ideas Con’t. Opposed destruction of environment A man of his time, but also of our time Walden is rich and complex, drawing on Thoreau’s wide and deep reading of world literature

Other Works Kept an elaborate and detailed journal Wrote Civil Disobedience, a tract justifying one’s acts against a government that is unjust A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers

Influence Thoreau died at the age of 44 from tuberculosis, the scourge of his family He is widely held to be one of the great American writers, influencing such thinkers as Martin Luther King and Mahatma Ghandi