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Henry David Thoreau . Early Life. Born in Concord, Massachusetts Harvard University, 1833-1837. Concord. Returned home to concord Taught at the public school, but resigned Life with his brother Concord Academy. Ralph Waldo Emerson. Met in Concord Became a kind of mentor
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Early Life Born in Concord, Massachusetts Harvard University, 1833-1837
Concord • Returned home to concord • Taught at the public school, but resigned • Life with his brother • Concord Academy
Ralph Waldo Emerson • Met in Concord • Became a kind of mentor • Introduced him to journaling • Essays and Poems • Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism Nature Thoreau’s inspiration
http://transcendentalism.tamu.edu/authors/thoreau/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/thoreau/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_David_Thoreau