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Henry D. Thoreau

by Franklin Benjamin SANBORN (1831 - 1917)

Friends and Companions

A biography of the famous and popular poet-naturalist, author, philosopher, historian, written by a family friend who spent time with Thoreau almost daily during the last seven years of his life and who knew and talked with members of his family. Written shortly after his death, it was immediately popular and this later edition gained a new audience. ( Lynne Thompson)

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