took many forms and ideas that still effect our ever so changing

society today. Henry David Thoreau was among the notable writers

during this time, and his impact of American literature will not soon

be forgotten. His perseverance, love for nature, and humanitarian

beliefs helped to mold the ideas and values of early American history.

He was born in Concord, Massachusetts on July 12 in 1817. His

parents, both abolitionists of slavery, were John and Cynthia

Thoreau. During his childhood years his parents, along with Henry's

older siblings John Jr. and Helen, often took the family on long walks

though the valleys and hills of Concord. The seeds of Henry's love

for nature were planted during this time.

As a young school boy, at the Concord public school and later at the

Concord Academy, many of his peers sought after him as loner who took

everything too serious. In 1833 Henry's parents had saved enough money to

send him off to college at Harvard University. Even though he barely passed

the entrance exam, he would later become one of the top students in his

graduating class. In 1836 financial and health problems forc

and often times came at odds with each other. Nevertheless, the school

postpone his studies at Harvard and seek a job. He taught school for a

for a year he once again ran into financial difficulties. He moved in with the

and Canada. It was also during this time that Thoreau became a

the bed that he built. Thoreau's idea and beliefs make him a

Schneider, Richard. Henry David Thoreau. Boston: Twayne Up,

Hoar, where camping in the Concord woods. Thoreau accidentally started a

fire that would burn up a larough Thoreau could easily afford it he refuse and

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