The Writings of Henry David Thoreau : Reform Papers

The selections from the polemical writings of Thoreau that make up Reform Papers represent every stage in his twenty-two years of active writing. Consequently, they are a microcosm of his literary career, allowing therreader to achieve a full sense of Thoreau's evolution as a writer and thinker. The volume opens with "The Service," one of the best examples of Thoreau's early style and interests, and contains ten other essays as well.

Reform Papers

• The Service
• Paradise (To Be) Regained
• Herald of Freedom
• Wendell Phillips Before Concord Lyceum
• Resistance to Civil Government
• Slavery in Massachusetts
• A Plea for Captain John Brown
• Martyrdom of John Brown
• The Last Days of John Brown
• Life without Principle
• Reform and the Reformers