Transcendentalism: A Reading List
CVUUS Library books for adults are located in the meeting room or on the ground floor. Children’s books are in Fenn House chapel.
Books for Children
Alcotts
- Dunlap, Julie. Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau’s Flute. JUV FIC DUN
- James, Laurie. Outrageous Questions: Legacy of Bronson Alcott And America’s One-Room Schools. JUV 370.92 JAM
- Wallner, Alexandra. An Alcott Family Christmas. JUV E WAL
- Whelan, Gloria. Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect. JUV FIC WHE
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Father, We Thank You. JUV 811.3 EME
- Kerley, Barbara. A Home for Mr. Emerson. JUV B EMERSON
- Schachner, Judith Byron. Mr. Emerson’s Cook. JUV E SCH
Henry David Thoreau
- Burleigh, Robert. If You Spent A Day With Thoreau At Walden Pond. JUV 818.309 BUR
- Dunlap, Julie. Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau’s Flute. JUV FIC DUN
- Hausman, Gerald. A Mind with Wings: The Story of Henry David Thoreau. JUV FIC HAU
- Johnson, D. B. Henry Builds a Cabin. JUV E JOH
- Johnson, D. B. Henry Climbs a Mountain. JUV E JOH
- Johnson, D. B. Henry Works. JUV E JOH
- Johnson, D. B. Henry Hikes to Fitchburg. JUV E JOH
- Locker, Thomas. Walking with Henry: Based on The Life and Works Of Henry David Thoreau. JUV 818.309 LOC
- Lowe, Steve. Walden. JUV E LOW
- Mccurdy, Michael. Walden Then & Now: An Alphabetical Tour Of Henry Thoreau’s Pond. JUV 818.309 MCC
- Murphy, Jim. Into the Deep Forest with Henry David Thoreau. JUV 917.4125 MUR
- O’Neal, Deborah. The Trouble with Henry. JUV E ONE
- Ring, Elizabeth. Henry David Thoreau: In Step with Nature. JUV B THOREAU
- Roach, Marilynne K. Down To Earth At Walden. JUV B THOREAU
- Thoreau, Henry David. Thoreau At Walden. JUV 818.303 THO
- Thoreau, Henry David. Henry David’s House. JUV 818.303 THO
- Thoreau, Henry David. New Suns Will Arise: From The Journals Of Henry David Thoreau. 818.303 THO
Books for Adults
Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Andrews, Barry Maxwell. Emerson As Spiritual Guide : A Companion To Emerson’s Essays For Personal Reflection And Group Discussion. 814.3 AND
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo. A Dream Too Wild : Emerson Meditations For Every Day Of The Year. 814.3 EME
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Political Emerson: Essential Writings on Politics and Social Reform. 973.5 EME
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Spiritual Emerson : Essential Writings. 814.3 EME
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Nature (with Walking by Henry David Thoreau). 814.308 EME
- Richardson, Robert D. Emerson: The Mind on Fire : A Biography. B EMERSON
- Wright, Conrad. Three Prophets Of Religious Liberalism: Channing, Emerson, Parker. 289.41 THR
Henry David Thoreau
- Andrews, Barry Maxwell. Thoreau As Spiritual Guide: A Companion To Walden For Personal Reflection And Group Discussion. 818.309 AND
- Thoreau, Henry David. True Harvest : Readings From Henry David Thoreau For Every Day Of The Year. 818.309 THO
- Thoreau, Henry David, Walden (introduction and annotations by Bill McKibben, Beacon Press). 818.303 THO
- Richardson, Robert D. Henry Thoreau : A Life of the Mind. B THOREAU
Other Transcendentalists
- Baker, Carlos. Emerson Among the Eccentrics: A Group Portrait. 814.3 BAK
- Cheever, Susan. American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Loves, Their Work. 810.9 CHE
- James, Laurie. Outrageous Questions: Legacy of Bronson Alcott and America’s One-Room Schools. 370.92 JAM
- Marshall, Megan. The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticism. 920 MAR
- Schreiner, Samuel A., Jr. The Concord Quartet: Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Friendship That Freed the American Mind. 810.9 SCH