{"product_id":"walden-and-civil-disobedience","title":"WALDEN AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eThe oft-quoted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau is best known for two works: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eCivil Disobedience.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e First published in 1854, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e documents the time Thoreau spent living with nature in a hand-built cabin in the woods near Walden Pond in Massachusetts. A minor work in its own time, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eWalden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eburgeoned in popularity during the countercultural movement of the 1960s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eCivil Disobedience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e is thought to have originated after Thoreau spent a night in jail for refusing to pay taxes to a government with whose policies he did not agree. Assigning greater importance to the conscience of the individual than the governing law, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eCivil Disobedience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e is an internationally admired work that is known to have influenced writer Leo Tolstoy and political activist Mahatma Gandhi, and many members of the American Civil Rights Movement. Now available together in one chic and affordable edition as part of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eWord Cloud Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eWalden and Civil Disobedience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e makes an attractive addition to any library.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, San-Serif;\"\u003eLexile score: 1340L\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERSEUS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44459618959497,"sku":"9781626860636","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/529a04b4e66035a4c60cbe25b392401258e5aeb2.jpg?v=1756987478","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/walden-and-civil-disobedience","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}