{"product_id":"walden-9781784872410","title":"Walden","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1845, the American Transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau went to live in the woods near his hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. For over two years he resided there largely in solitary, in a small cabin built by his own hands. \u003ci\u003eWalden \u003c\/i\u003eis his personal account of this time, in which he documents both his passion for the landscape and wildlife of Walden Pond, and his philosophical and political motivations for rejecting the materialism which continues to define not only America, but much of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry David Thoreau\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, the town where he would live for most of his life. Along with Ralph Waldo Emerson, he is the most famous of the American Transcendentalists. \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Markovits\u003c\/b\u003e has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Granta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include\u003ci\u003e You Don't Have to Live Like This\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567308673298,"sku":"9781784872410","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_12f76cef-4a8a-48d3-bea0-5c18a80d9c45.jpg?v=1764754319","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/walden-9781784872410","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}