{"product_id":"the-thoreau-you-dont-know-what-the-prophet-of-environmentalism-really-meant","title":"The Thoreau You Don't Know","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHenry David Thoreau is one of those authors that readers think they know, even if they don't.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHe's the solitary curmudgeon with the shack out in the woods, the mystic worshipping solemnly in the quiet church of nature. He's our national Natural Man, the prophet of environmentalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut here Robert Sullivan - who himself has been called an \"urban Thoreau\" (\"New York Times Book Review\") - presents the Thoreau you don't know: the activist, the organizer, the gregarious adventurer, the guy who likes to go camping with friends (even if they sometimes accidentally burn the woods down).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSullivan argues that Walden was a book intended to revive America, a communal work forever pigeonholed as a reclusive one, and this misreading is at the heart of our troubled relationship with the environment today. Sullivan shows us not a lonely eccentric but a man in his growing village: a man who danced and sang, who worked throughout his short life at the family pencil-making business, and moved into his parents' house after leaving Walden, but always paid his father rent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePassionate yet whimsical, \"The Thoreau You Don't Know\" asks us to re-examine our everyday relationship with the natural world, and one another.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43004535308457,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/sullivan.jpg?v=1680402630","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-thoreau-you-dont-know-what-the-prophet-of-environmentalism-really-meant","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}