walden Civil Disobedience Author:Henry David Thoreau A sturdy individualist and a lover of nature, Henry David Thoreau was typical of his time and place - an epitome of the Yankee spirit. In March, 1845, he set out to live life in a new way. Borrowing an ax, he built himself a wooden hut on the edge of Walden Pond, near Concord, massachusetts, where he lived until September, 1847. In this fascina... more »ting work Thoreau describes his Robinson Crusoe exixtence, bare of creature comforts but rich in contemplation of the wonders of nature and the ways of man.« less