My Friend, My Friend: The Story of Thoreau's Relationship with Emerson - Softcover

Smith brings Thoureau, Emerson, and many others in their circle alive as rounded characters and sets them in the context of their times. His emphasis upon personal rather than intellectual relations between Thoureau and Emerson allows us to understand each man and his writing in a fresh way.--Shaun O'Connell, author of Imagining Boston: A Literary Landscape A remarkable book... about the most important friendship in American letters.--Christopher Lydon, "The Connection," National Public Radio

An account of the intense, shifting friendship between Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Harmon Smith emphasizes their personal bond, but also shows how the relationship affected their thought and writing, and was in turn influenced by their careers.