Civil Disobedience

The classic essay on the eventual necessity of revolution in the face of oppression, this small pamphlet has inspired such souls as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi in their struggles against power and tyrannical authority.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862), writer and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University. His writings on human nature, materialism, and the natural world rank him among the most influential thinkers of American lite