by Henry David Thoreau · Ediciones Península · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483072295
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«Breviario para ciudadanos libres» is the essay book by Henry David Thoreau, published by Ediciones Península in paperback (120 pages, in Spanish).
In these texts, a walker recounts his journeys through North America and denounces the destruction of the natural environment, while defending the abolition of slavery, the end of wars, better education, and the liberating power of writing.
Selection, translation, introduction, and appendix by Mauricio Bach. Original text in English. Published in 1999 in the Nuestros Contemporáneos collection.
For the general public interested in the essay and thought of Henry David Thoreau.
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
