| Letters to a Spiritual Seeker Contributor(s): Thoreau, Henry David (Author), Dean, Bradley P. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0393327566 ISBN-13: 9780393327564 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2005 Annotation: "With quotable lines on every page, this is an important and affecting addition to the Thoreau shelf."--"Booklist" The writing of Henry David Thoreau is as full of life today as it was when he published Walden one hundred years ago. In seeking to understand nature, Thoreau sought to "lead a fresh, simple life with God." In 1848 a seeker named Harrison Blake, yearning for a spiritual life of his own, asked the then-fledgling writer for guidance. The fifty letters that ensued, collected here for the first time in their own volume by Thoreau specialist Bradley P. Dean, are by turns earnest, oracular, witty, playful, practical--and deeply insightful and inspiring, as one would expect from America's best prose stylist and great moral philosopher. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.48" W x 8.02" (0.52 lbs) 270 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The writing of Henry David Thoreau is as full of life today as it was when he published Walden one hundred years ago. In seeking to understand nature, Thoreau sought to lead a fresh, simple life with God. In 1848 a seeker named Harrison Blake, yearning for a spiritual life of his own, asked the then-fledgling writer for guidance. The fifty letters that ensued, collected here for the first time in their own volume by Thoreau specialist Bradley P. Dean, are by turns earnest, oracular, witty, playful, practical-- and deeply insightful and inspiring, as one would expect from America's best prose stylist and great moral philosopher. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dean, Bradley P.: - Bradley P. Dean, an independent scholar living in West Peterborough, New Hampshire, has written extensively on Thoreau's life and writings, and has edited two of Thoreau's previously unpublished booklength manuscripts. |