The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant

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Synopsis
Robert Sullivan, the New York Times bestselling author of Rats and Cross Country, delivers a revolutionary reconsideration of Henry David Thoreau for modern readers of the seminal transcendentalist. Dispelling common notions of Thoreau as a lonely eccentric cloistered at Walden Pond, Sullivan (whom the New York Times Book Review calls “an urban Thoreau”) paints a dynamic picture of Thoreau as the naturalist who founded our American ideal of “the Great Outdoors;” the rugged individual who honed friendships with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other writers; and the political activist who inspired Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, and other influential leaders of progressive change. You know Thoreau is one of America’s legendary writers…but the Thoreau you don’t know may be one of America’s greatest heroes.
Copyright:
2009

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
368 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780061886096
Related ISBNs:
9780061710322
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Robert Sullivan.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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