A Mind with Wings: The Story of Henry David Thoreau Hardcover - 2006

Media reviews

"Thoreau is a man best understood by the young whose minds are still free. The Hausmans have written A Mind with Wings especially for them. It soars!"—D. B. Johnson, author of Henry Builds a House and Henry Hikes to Fitchburg

"Along with Lincoln and Washington, Thoreau is one of the most important characters in our national history—the very model for a kind of stubborn and lovely American rebelliousness. This book captures him at his most human: equal parts difficult and deeply alive."—Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

"I've often wondered what it might have been like to walk with Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's great mind, social conscience, and open heart are on display in this beautifully written and frequently moving story of one of the greatest of all American writers."—Joseph Bruchac, author of Thirteen Moons on a Turtle's Back

"A marvelous blending of the many-sided life of Henry David Thoreau—known from his childhood as Old Stick. He would over his lifetime polish his old stick namesake of knotty, slender twists and bends into a character that exemplified right living and civil disobedience, both of which we are in great need of at just this moment."—David Kherdian, author of The Road from Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope