Henry D. Thoreau: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Henry D. Thoreau by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 14 original MP3 tracks, 6:55:37 running time and a link to listen.
Henry D. Thoreau, credited to Franklin Benjamin Sanborn, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Henry D. Thoreau by Franklin Benjamin Sanborn. Read in English by Lynne T; Lily Marie; Jim Locke; Jim Lane; Jill Preston; Mark Smith; MaryAnnS; Jesse Zuba; Kate Meehan; Angie; Jane Dever A biography of the famous and popular poet-naturalist, author, philosopher, historian, written by a family friend who spent time with Thoreau almost daily during the last seven years of his life and who knew and talked with members of his family. Written shortly after his death, it was immediately popular and this later edition gained a new audience. ( Lynne Thompson)
Recording facts
- Recording title: Henry D. Thoreau
- Author credits: Franklin Benjamin Sanborn
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 14
- Listed recording duration: 6:55:37
Catalogue topics
- biography
- family
- Friendship
- thoreau
- naturalist
- Walden
- concord
- philosopher
Track guide
- 00 - Introductory Verse and Preface — 13:17
- 01 - Birth and Family — 33:25
- 02 - Chilhood and Youth — 34:58
- 03 - Concord and its Famous People — 40:18
- 04 - The Embattled Farmers — 34:56
- 05 - The Transcendental Period — 39:16
- 06 - Early Essays in Authorship — 34:50
- 07 - Friends and Companions — 35:39
- 08 - The Walden Hermitage — 17:36
- 09 - Horace in the Role of Maecenas — 31:44
- 10 - In Wood and Field — 25:13
- 11 - Personal Traits and Social Life — 28:31
- 12 - Poet, Moralist, and Philosopher — 16:45
- 13 - Life, Death, and Immortality — 29:09
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