I have read Walden and a book about a boat trip with his brother (name eludes
me) and Civil Disobediance and loved them all but somehow I have not heard or
read his journal. So many thanks for the reading recommendation! Great writer
and naturalist and his book on Civil disobediance has reverberated throughout
the world with incalcuable good effects...
best!
William Leigh leightern@xxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:36:58 -0700
From: harry.glasgow@xxxxxxxxx
To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Va-bird] Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord, Massachusetts on this date in 1817.
The
Friends of Huntley Meadows Park encourage subscribers of this service to
reflect
on the influence Thoreau has had on the world's understanding and
appreciation
of nature and the natural world. One of the most influential writers and
philosophers of the American experience, Thoreau was a primary influence on
naturalists and scientists such as John Muir, John Burroughs, E.O. Wilson,
Theodore Roosevelt, as well as ordinary people like you and me. I commend
not
only Thoreau's best known works such as 'Walden', 'Civil Disobedience', and
'Walking', but also particularly his Journal, which he kept most of his life.
Some say that his Journal is Thoreau's best writing. What do you think?
Harry Glasgow
Friends of Huntley Meadows Park
Thoreau's writings, particularly his Journal influenced many of the worlds
leaders. Peopke like Ghandi, Martin luther King, who adopted Thoreau's
prescriptions for non-violent activism from thoreau's 'Civil Disobediance';
scientists and naturalists such as E.O. Wilson, John Muir, John Burroughs,
and
B.F. Skinner were guided in much of their work by Thoreau's writings;
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