The Thoreau you don't know : what the prophet of environmentalism really meant
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Published
New York : Collins, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 354 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
818.309 THO 2009
1 available
818.309 THO 2009
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
818.309 THO 2009
1 available
818.309 THO 2009
1 available
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Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction | 818.309 THO 2009 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Collins, c2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
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"--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 shows us not a lonely eccentric but a man in his growing village, and argues that Walden was a book intended to revive America, a communal work forever pigeonholed as a reclusive one--and that this misreading is at the heart of our troubled relationship with the environment today.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sullivan, R. (2009). The Thoreau you don't know: what the prophet of environmentalism really meant . Collins.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sullivan, Robert, 1963-. 2009. The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant. Collins.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sullivan, Robert, 1963-. The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant Collins, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sullivan, Robert. The Thoreau You Don't Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant Collins, 2009.
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