{"product_id":"funny-ass-thoreau-9780989302388","title":"Funny-Ass Thoreau","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica's ur-nonconformist, the so-called \"hermit\" of Walden Pond, was a comic at heart. Amid the transcendental musings of his best known works and the nature descriptions in his voluminous journal, Thoreau was constantly tossing off jokes, whipping out witticisms, and making fun of himself and others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased just in time for the bicentennial of his birth, \u003cem\u003eFunny-Ass Thoreau\u003c\/em\u003e presents the famous writer in marvelous display of his most underappreciated quality: a killer sense of humor. Here's Henry in his own words as he tries to wrangle a pig, pees in the woods, loses a tooth, laughs at Emerson shooing off his own cow, observes the slippery slapstick of snowmelt and mud in the Concord streets, elaborates on his dislike of other men's bowels, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluded in this volume is Thoreau's posthumously-published lecture \"Getting a Living,\" which can (and should be) read as a stand-up philosophy routine bristling with one-liners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Edited \u0026amp; with an introduction by M. Allen Cunningham)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. Allen Cunningham\u003c\/b\u003e is the cofounder of the cultural commentary blog SoulShelter.com. His stories have appeared in many literary magazines including \u003ci\u003eGlimmer Train\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e and have twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDate of Disappearance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Flickering Page\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Green Age of Asher Witherow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Honorable Obscurity Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Lost Son\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePartisans\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atelier26","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50331489403154,"sku":"9780989302388","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85726f6a-7f46-4a3a-9e61-993c5255ceff.jpg?v=1727818406","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/funny-ass-thoreau-9780989302388","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}