Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American writer and leading proponent of transcendentalism. He was a also a seasoned, common-sense critic of government and insisted on living a free and simple life. Alas, Uncle Sam disagreed with this philosophy even in the 19th century. Mr. Thoreau's many Whiskeyesque thoughts are best explored in his masterpieces, Civil Disobedience and Walden.