{"product_id":"walking-henry-david-thoreau-9781945644238","title":"Walking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil--to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for there are enough champions of civilization: the minister and the school committee and every one of you will take care of that.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry David Thoreau, noted transcendentalist, wrote \u003cem\u003eWalking\u003c\/em\u003e as a message of the battle between the importance of nature and the pull of the demands of society, while at the same time writing his other environmental work, \u003cem\u003eWalden.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst delivered by Thoreau in 1851, \u003cem\u003eWalking, \u003c\/em\u003eor also known as \u003cem\u003eThe Wild, \u003c\/em\u003e this essay was not only popular with the public, but also considered by Thoreau himself as, \"... a sort of introduction to all that I may write hereafter.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry David Thoreau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945644230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945644238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chump Change\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/1851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Henry David Thoreau","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051836338431,"sku":"9781945644238","price":15.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9250b33d-3378-43cc-b8ca-ae807894f267.jpg?v=1685015459","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/walking-henry-david-thoreau-9781945644238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}