Henry Thoreau as Remembered by a Young Friend (Unabridged‪)‬

An extraordinary personal testament to the life and times of one of America's great naturalists and literary figures, written by Edward Waldo Emerson, son of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau's friend and mentor. It is perhaps the best short introduction to Thoreau's life and times.

"To his lonely happiness the world will owe the best gifts he has left" - Edward Waldo Emerson

Henry Thoreau left society at the age of 28 to live for two years and two months in the woods by his own means. He did this in order that when it came time for him to die he would not discover "that he had not lived".