Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord ... Although Thoreau thought of himself primarily as a poet during his early years, he was later discouraged in this pursuit and gradually came to feel that ...

Was he a nature writer, a poet, a travel writer, a political thinker ... However, two works stand out philosophically: Walden and the essay Civil Disobedience (1849). David Henry Thoreau was born in ...

Trees were central to Henry David Thoreau’s creativity as a writer ... it was as if he could see the sap flowing beneath their bark. When Thoreau wrote that the poet loves the pine tree as his own ...