Thoreau Henry David:
Essential Thoreau: Excerpts from the Journal of Henry David Thoreau
Read by: ArchibaldMacleish
Caedmon , 2009
Size: 138x125 mm
ISBN: 9780061720963
ISBN-10: 0061720968
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau Was Born In 1817 In Concord, Massachusetts. He Spent Time As A School Teacher After Attending Harvard College But Was Dismissed For His Refusal To Administer Corporal Punishment. In 1845, Wanting To Write His First Book, He Moved To Walden Pond And Built His Cabin On Land Owned By Ralph Waldo Emerson. It Was During His Time At Walden That Thoreau Was Imprisoned Briefly For Not Paying Taxes; This Experience Became The Basis For His Well-Known Essay "Civil Disobedience." He Died Of Tuberculosis In 1862 At The Age Of 44.
Archibald Macleish
Archibald Macleish Was Born In Glencoe, Illinois In 1892. He Attended Yale University And Served In World War I. Later, He Went To Harvard Law School And Practiced Law In Boston For A Few Years Until He Gave It Up And Moved To Paris With His Wife And Children To Devote All His Time To Writing Poetry. He Returned To The United States To Research The Spanish Conquest Of Mexico, And The Result, Conquistador (1932), Won Him A Pulitzer Prize. From 1920-1939, He Was A Member Of The Editorial Board Of Fortune Magazine And He Served As Librarian Of Congress From 1929 To 1944. Macleish's Collected Poem
