Cape Cod

The classic that made Thoreau famous: two years alone in a cabin he built at Walden Pond, testing how little a person really needs to live well. Start here if you are new to him.

Henry David Thoreau

Thoreau's first book, the story of a boat trip with his brother that becomes a meditation on nature, friendship, poetry and religion. Written in part during his stay at Walden.

Henry David Thoreau

Three trips into the Maine wilderness, including the climb of Mount Katahdin and long canoe journeys with Penobscot guides. Thoreau's most adventurous book, with appendices on the trees, birds and gear of each trip.

Henry David Thoreau

His witty account of a trip by train and steamboat to Montreal and Quebec in 1850, followed by his anti-slavery and reform papers, from Slavery in Massachusetts to The Last Days of John Brown. The complete 1866 volume.

Henry David Thoreau

The 1863 collection of his best nature essays, from A Winter Walk and A Walk to Wachusett to Autumnal Tints and Night and Moonlight. It opens with Emerson's biographical sketch of his friend.

Henry David Thoreau