Harding authored more than twenty-five books and many articles on Thoreau and his circle. Harding's biography of Thoreau,The Days of Henry David Thoreau, is considered a definitive study of Thoreau's life. Harding also edited an edition of Thoreau'sWaldenthat restores Thoreau's sketches to the text and includes copious footnotes.[2]Harding helped to found theThoreau Society,[3]serving as the society's first secretary. He also served as president of the group. During his career Harding amassed the largest and most comprehensive research collection of Thoreauviana. The extensive collection of more than 15,000 books, pamphlets, articles and other Thoreau memorabilia was donated to the Thoreau Society and is housed at the Walden Wood's Project's Thoreau Institute Library in Lincoln, Massachusetts. The Milne Library atSUNY Geneseoalso has copies of some items in the Harding collection.[4]
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