false <![CDATA[The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg 6163774 1 <p> Henry David Thoreau is one of those authors that readers think they know, even if they don't. He'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. But here Robert Sullivan—who himself has been called an "urban Thoreau" (<i>New York Times Book Review</i>)—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). Sullivan 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. Passionate yet whimsical, <i>The Thoreau You Don't Know</i> asks us to re-examine our everyday relationship with the natural world, and one another. </p> 6343064 1 3 2009 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant total:53|5:9|4:24|3:14|2:5|1:1| 53 194 117 21 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 5 0 false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:20:16 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:42:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 15:54:55 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 15:55:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 10:53:11 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 14:10:23 -0700 2009 The Thoreau You Don’t Know Sullivan says that the popular conception of Henry David Thoreau, the image of the man so commonly invoked by writers and activists, is wildly off the mark.

Notably, Sullivan, who has sometimes been compared to Thoreau, ...more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 3 0 false Sat Oct 31 16:19:29 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 06:19:50 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 27 09:30:10 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 09:36:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 3 0 false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 07:50:41 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 10:13:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Mon Jun 29 07:26:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 07:32:52 -0700 2009 Walden in high school (and in college, for that matter), we talked briefly about Emerson and Transcendentalism, but were given very little context. This books filled in all the blanks for me and helped me put Thoreau's ideas into a philosophical, historical and economic context. There...more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 16:14:23 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 16:24:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 3 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 04 15:30:03 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 29 17:18:32 -0700 2009
This is a noble goal and one that I have aspired to in various settings when I felt the need. ...more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 11:35:07 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 17:44:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 5 0 false Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Oct 25 20:42:05 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 02 13:26:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 06:21:54 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 11:40:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 5 0 false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 08:01:58 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 08:04:18 -0700 2009 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 5 0 false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 14:36:58 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 14:39:16 -0700 2009 Very thoughtful exploration Thoreau 's life and his writing..."what the prophet of environmentalism really meant" (from the book cover...but still a good summary)]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 0 0 false Wed Apr 01 11:22:09 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 11:28:00 -0700 2009 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 0 0 false Thu Oct 22 09:28:05 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 09:28:56 -0700 2009 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:43:23 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 29 17:14:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 3 0 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 13:48:02 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 11:38:32 -0700 2009 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 5 0 false Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 10:00:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 10:54:28 -0700 2009 6163774 0061710318 9780061710315 53 21 The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant 3.66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256054749m/6163774.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6163774.The_Thoreau_You_Don_t_Know_What_the_Prophet_of_Environmentalism_Really_Meant 4 0 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 24 19:40:41 -0800 2009 Thu Apr 16 05:24:33 -0700 2009
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