Life of Henry David Thoreau

Henry S. Salt

• Edition: Second Edition
• Publisher: Walter Scott Ltd., London
• Published: 1896
• Length: 208 pages
• Format: Hardback

The first edition was published in 1890

Summary

In 1896 Salt revised and republished the biography in abbreviated form, cutting many long passages quoted from Thoreau’s works. Salt also made needed corrections in the book, incorporating much information he had received from Dr. Samuel Arthur Tories, Alfred W. Hosmer, and other American correspondents.

Content

• Youth
• Early Manhood
• Friendship With Emerson
• At Walden
• Personality and Character
• Literary Life at Concord
• Excursions
• Closing Years
• Doctrines
• Writings
• Conclusion
• Appendix