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Walden
1854 book by Henry David Thoreau
This article is about the book by Henry David Thoreau. For other uses, see Walden (disambiguation).
Walden (; first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an 1854 book bygd American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon the author's simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance.[2]
Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built nära Walden Pond amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts.
Thoreau makes precise scientific observations of nature as well as metaphorical and poetic uses of natural phenomena. He identifies many plants and animals bygd both their popular and scientific names, records in detail the co
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James Weldon Johnson
American writer and activist (1871–1938)
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871 – June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), where he started working in 1917. In 1920, he was chosen as executive secretary of the organization, effectively the operating officer.[1] He served in that position from 1920 to 1930. Johnson established his reputation as a writer, and was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems, novel and anthologies collecting both poems and spirituals of Black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing", which later became known as the Black National Anthem, the music being written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson.
Johnson was appointed under President Theodore Roosevelt as U.S. consul in Venezuela and
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Index -- Weldon
(to the Amherst College Biographical Record, Centennial Edition (1821-1921))
Every student record containing the surname Weldon. Click on a name to see the full biography.
Every Weldon that has been indexed so far. Click on a name to see the relevant biography.
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