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About Thoreau's Life & Writings

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Clear Sky, Pure Light

Encounters with Henry David Thoreau

Compiled from Thoreau's writings by

Christopher Childs

With an Introduction by Walter Harding

Wood Engravings by Michael McCurdy

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—to read Clear Sky, Pure Light click cover—

Table on Contents

• Introduction by Walter Harding

• Foreword by Christopher Childs

• A Preface: Speech and Silence

• River: Wildness and Civilization

• Gods

• On Being a Writer

• Loss

• On Improvements

• The Woods, and Walden

• Resistance to Civil Government

• Return

• On the Nature and Origin of an Accident

• Friendship and Singularity

• John Brown

• Late Thoughts

• Departure

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A digital edition presented as a coöperative project of

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 Originally published: The Penmaen Press, 1978.
All rights reserved: Christopher Childs, ©1978

Published with the permission of Christopher Childs and Michael McCurdy

Related Links:
Christopher Childs' website
Michael McCurdy's website

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