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by Henry David Thoreau · 1906

Nature & Environment · ranked #17 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

The conflict between scientific observation and poetry, reflections on abolition, transcendental philosophy, other concerns are explored in this superb general selection from Thoreau{u2019}s voluminou

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The verdict

Category
Nature & Environment
First published
1906 · 1900s
Author
Henry David Thoreau
Standing
Recommended

About Nature & Environment

Nature writing ranges from lyrical observation to urgent ecological argument. The best of it makes you see the natural world more clearly — and care about what is happening to it.

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