William Howarth

William Howarth was a former president of the Thoreau Society and former editor-in-chief of The Writings of Henry D. Thoreau. He taught at Princeton from 1966.

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Pursuing the White Whale

A briny exploration of Melville’s greatest work

By William Howarth | Monday December 2, 2019

Reading Thoreau at 200

Why is the seminal work of the great American transcendentalist held in such scorn today?

By William Howarth | Monday June 5, 2017

Irregular Guy

The sage of Baker Street

By William Howarth | Wednesday November 30, 2011

Lucid Madness

A massacre of Apache women and children, and the difficulties of telling their story

By William Howarth | Monday December 1, 2008

The Meandering Naturalist

By William Howarth | Friday June 1, 2007

Turning the Tide

How Rachel Carson became a woman of letters

By William Howarth | Wednesday June 1, 2005
whale

Pursuing the White Whale

By William Howarth | Monday December 2, 2019

Reading Thoreau at 200

By William Howarth | Monday June 5, 2017

Irregular Guy

By William Howarth | Wednesday November 30, 2011

Lucid Madness

By William Howarth | Monday December 1, 2008

The Meandering Naturalist

By William Howarth | Friday June 1, 2007

Turning the Tide

By William Howarth | Wednesday June 1, 2005

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