Life of Henry David Thoreau (Second Edition)
Henry S. Salt
- Edition: Second Edition
- Publisher: Walter Scott Ltd., London
- Published: 1896
- Length: 208
- Format: Hardback
- First Edition
- 1890 Richard Bentley & Son, London, Hardback, 315 pages
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
