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A Thoreau Profile
A Thoreau Profile
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Meltzer, Milton, and Walter Harding. A Thoreau Profile. Lincoln, MA: The Thoreau Society, 1962. pbk. 310p.
Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind (paperback)
Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind (paperback)
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Richardson, Robert D., Jr. Henry David Thoreau: A Life of the Mind. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. 455 pp. Paperback.

One of the best biographies of Thoreau. This intellectual biography traces Thoreau's ideas and concepts back to their origins. Richardson begins with Thoreau's years at Harvard and examines the progression of Thoreau's life and ideas until his death in 1862.

 

My Friend, My Friend (paperback)
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Smith, Harmon. My Friend, My Friend: The Story of Thoreau's Relationship with Emerson. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2001. 216 pp. Paperback.

A look into the intellectual and personal friendship between Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau by William E. Cain
Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau
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Cain, William E. (ed). A HIstorical Guide to Henry David Thoreau. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 285 pp. Paperback.

This book places Thoreau in the context of his time, his place and history. It also includes a short biography of Thoreau and a chronology of main events of his time.

Henry Thoreau as Remembered by a Young Friend
Henry Thoreau as Remembered by a Young Friend
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Emerson, Edward Waldo. Henry Thoreau as Remembered by a Young Friend. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1999. 64 pp. Paperback.

This book contains interesting insights into Thoreau through his close relationship with the Emerson family.

Concord Authors
Concord Authors
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Moore, Alex W., Jr. Concord Authors: Biographical Notes. Concord: Anaxagoras Publications, 1996. Booklet. 26 pp.

This handy booklet traces the lives of four of Concord's nineteenth century writers: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott. The timeline format clarifies the interconnectedness of these authors and their families.

Concord Quartet, The
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Hard Cover Edition by Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.
Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and the friendship that freed the American mind.  From the start of transcendentalism and America's intellectual renaissance in the 1830's, to the Civil War and beyond, this is the story of four extraordinary frinds living in Concord whose lives shaped a nation.