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From the award-winning author of Before She Was Harriet comes another work of lyrical beauty, the story of Henry David Thoreau and businessman Frederic Tudor—and a changing world.

Thoreau and Tudor could not have been more different from each other. Yet both shared the bounties of Walden Pond and would change the course of history through their writings and innovations.
 
This study in opposites contrasts the austere philosopher with the consummate capitalist (whose innovations would change commercial ice harvesting and home refrigerators) to show how two seemingly conflicting American legacies could be built side by side.
 
Oddball/ tax dodger/ nature lover/ dreamer/ That’s what they called/ Thoreau.
Bankrupt/ disgrace/ good for nothing/ dreamer/ That’s what they called/ Tudor.
 
Celebrated author Lesa Cline-Ransome takes her magnificent talent for research and detail to plumb the depths of these

Of Walden Pond

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    A Hardback by Lesa Cline-Ransome, Ashley Benham Yazdani

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      Publisher: Holiday House Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9780823448586, 978-0823448586
      ISBN10: 0823448584

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From the award-winning author of Before She Was Harriet comes another work of lyrical beauty, the story of Henry David Thoreau and businessman Frederic Tudor—and a changing world.

      Thoreau and Tudor could not have been more different from each other. Yet both shared the bounties of Walden Pond and would change the course of history through their writings and innovations.
       
      This study in opposites contrasts the austere philosopher with the consummate capitalist (whose innovations would change commercial ice harvesting and home refrigerators) to show how two seemingly conflicting American legacies could be built side by side.
       
      Oddball/ tax dodger/ nature lover/ dreamer/ That’s what they called/ Thoreau.
      Bankrupt/ disgrace/ good for nothing/ dreamer/ That’s what they called/ Tudor.
       
      Celebrated author Lesa Cline-Ransome takes her magnificent talent for research and detail to plumb the depths of these

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