Henry Thoreau
A Life of the Mind
by Barry Moser, Robert D. Richardson
455 pages· 1986· ISBN 9780520063464
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This biography of Henry Thoreau offers insight into his social activism, his interest in fine arts, William Gilpin and John Ruskin's influence on his nature writing, and his involvement in, and influence by, the Agassiz-Darwin debate over "The Origin of Species."
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