America's Bachelor Uncle: Thoreau and the American Polity

by Bob Pepperman Taylor

Emphatically revisionist, Bob Pepperman Taylor reveals a Thoreau most people never knew existed. Contrary to conventional views, Taylor argues that Thoreau was one of America's most powerful and least understood political thinkers, a man who promoted community and democratic values, while being ever vigilant against the evils of excessive or illegitimate authority.

Still widely viewed as a remarkable nature writer but simplistic philosopher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700631739
• ISBN13: 9780700631735
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"