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Henry climbs a mountain

Although he loves his freedom, Henry, a bear modeled on Henry Thoreau, goes to jail rather than go against his principles. Based on an incident in the life of Henry David Thoreau.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Johnson, D. B. (Donald B.), 1944-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
Subjects:	Thoreau, Henry David, > 1817-1862 > Juvenile fiction. Bears > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	Although he loves his freedom, Henry, a bear modeled on Henry Thoreau, goes to jail rather than go against his principles. Based on an incident in the life of Henry David Thoreau.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:	0618269029
Author Notes:	D. B. Johnson has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years and has done editorial cartoons, comic strips, and conceptual illustrations for magazines and newspapers around the country. Mr. Johnson's first picture book, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, was a New York Times bestseller and a Publishers Weekly bestseller, as well as an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists." Henry Hikes to Fitchburg also won numerous awards, including the Boston Globe-Horn BookAward for Picture Books and the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. Mr. Johnson and his wife, Linda, live in New Hampshire.