Bonds of Affection: Thoreau on Dogs and Cats

by Wesley T. Mott, Elizabeth M. Thomas

Overview

"How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book," wrote Henry David Thoreau in Walden. Today that book continues to provoke, inspire, and change lives all over the world, and each rereading is fresh and challenging. Yet as Thoreau's countless admirers know, there is more to the man than Walden. An engineer, poet, teacher, naturalist, lecturer, and political activist, he truly had multiple lives to lead, and each one speaks forcefully to us today.Sponsored by the Thoreau Society, the brief, handsomely presented books in this series offer the thoughts of a great writer on a variety of topics, some that we readily associate with him, some that may be surprising. Each volume includes selections from his familiar published works as well as from less well known lectures, letters, and journal entries. The books include original engravings by renowned illustrator and book artist Barry Moser.

University of Massachusetts Press

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781558494985
Publisher:	University of Massachusetts Press
Publication date:	10/28/2005
Series:	Spirit of Thoreau (University of Massach
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Wesley T. Mott is professor of English at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and series editor for the Thoreau Society.

University of Massachusetts Press