{"product_id":"walden-and-civil-disobedience-paperback","title":"Walden and Civil Disobedience - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eW. S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Howarth\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau reflects on life, politics, and society in these two inspiring masterworks: \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCivil Disobedience\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped from the land both physically and mentally, and pursued truth in the quiet of nature. In \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e, he explains how separating oneself from the world of men can truly awaken the sleeping self. Thoreau holds fast to the notion that you have not truly existed until you adopt such a lifestyle--and only then can you reenter society, as an enlightened being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These simple but profound musings--as well as \"Civil Disobedience,\" his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty--have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and love of nature. More than a century and a half later, his message is more timely than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by W.S. Merwin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Will Howarth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817. He graduated from Harvard in 1837, the same year he began his lifelong Journal. Inspired by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau became a key member of the Transcendentalist movement that included Margaret Fuller and Bronson Alcott. The Transcendentalists' faith in nature was tested by Thoreau between 1845 and 1847 when he lived for twenty-six months in a homemade hut at Walden Pond. While living at Walden, Thoreau worked on the two books published during his lifetime: \u003ci\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e (1854) and \u003ci\u003eA Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e (1849). Several of his other works, including \u003ci\u003eThe Maine Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCape Cod\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eExcursions\u003c\/i\u003e, were published posthumously. Thoreau died in Concord, at the age of forty-four, in 1862. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eW.S. Merwin\u003c\/b\u003e has published many highly regarded books of poems, for which he has received a number of distinguished awards--the Pulitzer Prize, Bollingen Award, Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets and the Governor's Award for Literature of the state of Hawaii among them. He has translated widely from many languages, and his versions of classics such as \u003ci\u003eThe Poem of the Cid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Roland\u003c\/i\u003e are standards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Howarth\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus of English at Princeton University. His thirteen books on literature and history include \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Concord: Thoreau's Life as a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWalking with Thoreau\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe John McPhee Reader\u003c\/i\u003e. As Dana Hand he collaborates with Anne Matthews on fiction and film, and as co-publishers of Scarlet Oak Press.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.2 x 4.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Walden\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52444646572339,"sku":"9780451532169","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UUNJdnprNFF1enA3Sk5kQ3I0cHpSdz09.webp?v=1758941824","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/walden-and-civil-disobedience-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}