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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Cactus Classics Large Print)

Resistance to Civil Government; 16 Point Font; Large Text; Large Type

Beschreibung

ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE by Henry David Thoreau EDITION: Cactus Classics Large Print - 16 Point Font FONT: 16 point Garamond BOOK TRIM SIZE: 6" x 9" (15.2 cm x 22.9 cm) COVER: Glossy PAPER: Cream TABLE OF CONTENTS: Yes Cactus Classics Large Print (16 point size) editions are typeset with the Garamond font. These editions have a glossy cover, cream paper interior, wide margins, generous white space and good spacing between lines of text. ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" was originally published under the title "Resistance to Civil Government" in 1849 by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862). This essay showed his opposition to slavery and American imperialism in the Mexican-American war. Well-known people influenced by the essay include Martin Luther King, Jr., Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Buber, Leo Tolstoy and President John F. Kennedy. Thoreau published many works over his life. One of his best known works is "Walden; or, Life in the Woods". Henry David Thoreau was a prolific writer. Some of his works are published under the Cactus Classics imprint of Cactus Publishing Inc. CACTUS CLASSICS LARGE PRINT BOOKS BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU ISBN: 9781773600369 - On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Cactus Classics Large Print) ISBN: 9781773600376 - Walden; or, Life in the Woods (Cactus Classics Large Print) We regularly add new Large Print Books to our collection.

Autor

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and Yankee attention to practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs. He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending the abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cactus Classics
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 97g
• ISBN-13: 9781773600369
• ISBN-10: 1773600362
• Artikelnr.: 57820742