THE BLUEBIRD CARRIES THE SKY ON HIS BACK Author:HENRY DAVID THOREAU ALTHOUGH HE WROTE ONLY TWO BOOKS IN HIS BRIEF 45 YEARS. THOREAU IS TODAY WIDELY REGARDED AS THE MENTOR OF THOSE WHO YEARN FOR THE SIMPLE LIFE RATHER THAN THE CHAOS OF OUR MODERN WORLD. THIS COLLECTION OF THOREAU'S WRITINGS COMBINES HIS PHILOSOPHY WITH HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURE IN A TIME WHEN THE WORLD WAS COMPARATIVELY UNSULLIED BY MAN'S THOUGH... more »TLESS DESTRUCTION. THESE REFLECTIONS ARE AS ALIVE TODAY AS THEY WERE IN THE 1800'S AN THEY WILL REMAIN SO FOR ALL OF OUR TOMORROWS.« less