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About the Author

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Although best remembered for his nature books for young children and young adults, Sterling North also wrote a number of biographies of American literary and […]

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Overview

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Thoreau espoused a simple way of life that exemplifies the American spirit of self-sufficiency and thrift advocated by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson. The true […]

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Setting

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Born on July 12, 1817, Thoreau lived in one of the most intellectual communities of any era in American history, mid-nineteenth-century Concord, Massachusetts. He was […]

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Themes and Characters

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North’s biography of Henry David Thoreau concentrates on the theme of human interaction with nature and, as a corollary, on individualism. The book recounts Thoreau’s […]

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Literary Qualities

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Perhaps the greatest literary value of Thoreau of Walden Pond is that it covers Thoreau’s entire life. The biography does not concentrate on the circumstances […]

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Social Sensitivity

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A few of North’s remarks in the book seem directed exclusively to young males, but this does not occur so frequently that readers of both […]

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Topics for Discussion

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1. Why do you think that Thoreau is considered not merely a great American writer, but also a great American? 2. Describe Thoreau’s personality. Is […]

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Ideas for Reports and Papers

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1. What was Thoreau’s philosophy toward humankind’s interaction with nature? Was nature a resource to be used to benefit humankind or was it something to […]