What Did Thoreau And Emerson Do?

What Did Thoreau And Emerson Do? Emerson acted as a mentor to Thoreau and supported him in many ways. For a time, Thoreau lived with Emerson as a caretaker for his home. Emerson also used his influence to promote Thoreau’s literary efforts. Some of Thoreau’s first works were published in The Dial, a Transcendentalist magazine.