{"product_id":"9781466900790","title":"A School Named for Thoreau","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur school is named after Henry David Thoreau. The property on which the school is located is Camp Thoreau, a children’s summer camp. It is also our year round home. What is more, the property is an old family farm which we try to keep in production. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry David Thoreau taught school himself for a few years. I would like to think that he might have approved of some of the things that we have done here, although I know he would disapprove of the folly of owning a property of this size. Thoreau believed that owning a farm is a type of slavery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThoreau left behind some good advice for writers of books: “The writer,” he said “does not make books out of books, but he has been there in person.” Hence this record of the four years in which I directed the Thoreau School.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47144009236720,"sku":"9781466900790","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466900790_p0.jpg?v=1763688427","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466900790","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}