Transcendentalist: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson & Henry David Thoreau is an anthology of essays and literature by the two most prominent and recognizable American writers. Oft given credit for the Transcendentalist movement, Emerson and Thoreau's bodies of work are incomparable in content to virtually any author in American history. This selection includes their most prominent works including: Walden, Self-Reliance, The Conservative, Letters and Social Aims, Plea for John Brown, Representative Men, Man the Reformer, and many more historical pieces of American Literature.