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Laura Dassow Walls

Laura Dassow Walls is the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.

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Thoreau Becomes a Professional Author and Finds His Greatest Subject Is Himself

An excerpt from Henry David Thoreau: A Life by Laura Dassow Walls

Laura Dassow Walls

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