The Portable Thoreau Author:Henry David Thoreau, edited by Carl Bode From the shores of Walden Pond, Thoreau looked at man, and at nature and society as well. In the space of two years and two months he had formulated two of the notable books of his century, along with a number of significant essays. Heedless of his friends' advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he dedicated his life to preserving his own fre... more »edom as a man and an artist. Here is the best of Thoreau's output - the complete text of the classic Walden and generous selections from A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, selections from The Maine Woods and the Journal, and a number of the writer's most characteristic essays, including the famous Civil Disobedience and the less famous Cape Cod. There are also 18 of his poems and "The Last Days of John Brown."« less