{"product_id":"walking-paperback-16","title":"Walking - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.1 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42742243196991,"sku":"9781945644221","price":7.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dfa4f58d9a88b6ec84b5aadcaab8ed06.webp?v=1765163146","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/walking-paperback-16","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}