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Gr 7-Up Meltzer closes this engaging biography with Emersons eulogy for his friend, The country knows not yet, or in the least part, how great a son it has lost]. Indeed, the picture painted here is not that of the oft-mythologized hermit, but of a passionate man largely uncelebrated in his lifetime. Readers see Thoreau through a variety of lensesbrother, friend,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Meltzer carefully details the life of the writer and naturalist, who was barely known in his own time. The respectful, affectionate accou...Log In or Sign Up to Read More