{"product_id":"a-school-named-for-thoreau-karl-rodman-9781412037006","title":"A School Named for Thoreau","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur school is named after Henry David Thoreau. The property on which the school is located is Camp Thoreau, a children's summer camp. It is also our year round home. What is more, the property is an old family farm which we try to keep in production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry David Thoreau taught school himself for a few years. I would like to think that he might have approved of some of the things that we have done here, although I know he would disapprove of the folly of owning a property of this size. Thoreau believed that owning a farm is a type of slavery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoreau left behind some good advice for writers of books: \"The writer,\" he said \"does not make books out of books, but he has been there in person.\" Hence this record of the four years in which I directed the Thoreau School.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl Rodman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 141203700X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781412037006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafford Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karl Rodman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458096869631,"sku":"9781412037006","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75073357-084f-40cc-b861-a5bc7b34d452.jpg?v=1777402380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-school-named-for-thoreau-karl-rodman-9781412037006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}