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'''Henry David Thoreau''' was a [[transcendentalism|transcendentalist]] author.

==Background==
Thoreau stayed at a cabin on the shore of [[Walden Pond]] for over two years starting in the summer of 1845.<ref name="pond">[[Walden Pond/Announcement]]</ref><ref group="Pub">[[Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide]] Collector's Edition p. 265: ''"[1.19] WALDEN POND<br />Once the home of a transcendentalist author, this is now home to a quartet of chem-addled Raiders. The gift shop has some traps, as well as a note near the locked basement door (Master). Walter the Raider has the key. Enter the basement via the drainage pipes. Don’t forget to take the audio tour!"''<br />([[Fallout 4 Vault Dweller's Survival Guide/Map]])</ref> This was done to better understand society, by living off of the land with few material possessions, experimenting on being truly self-reliant.<ref name="pond" /> Two members of a [[Raiders (Fallout 4)|raider]] gang named [[Tweez]] and [[Bear (Fallout 4)|Bear]] headquartered at Walden Pond discuss their understanding of Thoreau and transcendentalism.

Some of his works were published by [[Ticknor and Fields]], based out of the [[Old Corner Bookstore]] in [[Boston]].<ref>[[Boston placards]]: ''"During the mid-nineteenth century, the Old Corner Bookstore was the home of the leading American publisher [[Ticknor and Fields]]. They published the works of such luminaries as [[Charles Dickens]], [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], [[Harriet Beecher Stowe]], and Henry Dave Thoreau. Many of those were frequent visitors to the site."''</ref> He was the author of the book [[On Civil Disobedience]].

==Companion comments==
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| [[Codsworth]]
| "Thoreau's cabin survived the bombs. I'm sure he never thought it'd take a nuclear war to bring us back to humble living."
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| [[Curie]]
| "Henry David Thoreau lived here!"
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| [[John Hancock]]
| "Guess this Thoreau guy found claustrophobia inspiring."
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| [[Piper Wright (Fallout 4)|Piper Wright]]
| "You know the guy who owned this place wrote the book 'On Civil Disobedience.'"
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| [[Robert MacCready]]
| "Make sure you search the entire cabin Thoreau-ly. *Laughs* No?
|}

==Notes==
On the [[Boston landmark inscriptions|placard]] at the [[Old Corner Bookstore]], the author is referred to as Henry Dave Thoreau.

==Appearances==
Henry David Thoreau is mentioned {{in|FO4}}

==Gallery==
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Thoreau house.jpg|Thoreau's cabin
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