... Research Essay July 8, 2014 Analysis of Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience", "Walden", and "Walking" Henry David Thoreau said of himself "I am a Schoolmaster – a Private Tutor, a Surveyor – a Gardener, a Farmer – a Painter, I mean a House Painter, a Carpenter, a Mason, a Day-Laborer, a Pencil-Maker, a Glass-paper Maker, a Writer, and sometimes a Poetaster (The Correspondence of Henry David Thoreau 186). His ... civil war. Thoreau would write in difficult times. On 12 July 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, John Thoreau and Cynthia Dunbar Thoreau, give birth to a baby boy they name David He...

• Word Count: 2159
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School