num_pages: 464
description: This biography of Henry Thoreau offers insight into his social activism, his interest in fine arts, William Gilpin and John Ruskin's influence on his nature writing, and his involvement in, and influence by, the Agassiz-Darwin debate over "The Origin of Species."
language: English
title: Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
titlecomplete: Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind
characters: Henry David Thoreau
genres: Literature, American, History, Nature, Philosophy, American History, Biography Memoir, Politics, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 432
awards: awardedAt: 504950400000
name: Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Book Award
publisher: University of California Press