{"product_id":"the-portable-thoreau","title":"The Portable Thoreau","description":"Henry David Thoreau dedicated his life to preserving his freedom as a man and an artist. Nature was the fountainhead of his inspiration and his refuge from what he considered the follies of society. Heedless of his friends' advice to live in a more orthodox manner, he determinedly pursued his own inner bent, which was that of a poet-philosopher, in prose and verse.\u003cp\u003e Carl Bode brings together the best of Thoreau's works in \u003cb\u003eThe Portable Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e, a comprehensive collection of the writings of a unique and profoundly influential American thinker. The complete texts of Thoreau's classic works \u003cb\u003eWalden \u003c\/b\u003eand “Civil Disobedience,” as well as selections from \u003cb\u003eThe Maine Woods\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCape Cod\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eJournal\u003c\/b\u003e, and eighteen poems are included. Bode's introduction rounds out this compact volume, offering a thorough and informative analysis of Thoreau and the forces that shaped his life and writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “This compact book, containing infinite riches in a little room, is a simple setting for sound sense, nugget-like thought, the refined essences of a point of view”\u003cbr\u003e — \u003cb\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48131054403839,"sku":"*R0050554*","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/24390923482237.jpg?v=1770015493","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-portable-thoreau","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}