A Yankee in Canada

by Henry David Thoreau

Overview

The "Cosmic Yankee" makes a witty 1100 mile foray into Canada. Suspense and excitement accompany every step of this intellectual invasion. One of a series of three famous travel books by Thoreau, including Cape Cod and The Maine Woods.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160850269
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	12/23/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.

Date of Birth:

July 12, 1817

Date of Death:

May 6, 1862

Place of Birth:

Concord, Massachusetts

Place of Death:

Concord, Massachusetts

Education:

Concord Academy, 1828-33); Harvard University, 1837