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Saving Thoreau's Birthplace: How Citizens Rallied to Bring Henry Out of the Woods

Saving Thoreau's Birthplace: How Citizens Rallied to Bring Henry Out of the Woods - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Lucille StottPublish date:2018-11-16Pages:262
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tmc Books LLCISBN-13:9780999624944ISBN-10:999624946UPC:9780999624944Book Category:History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:United States, Historic PreservationBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.71 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCW6WQ00S9

A story of citizens who joined forces and worked through their differences to prevent a cultural landmark from being lost forever.

In 1995, plans were under way to destroy the 18th-century house in Concord, Massachusetts, where Henry David Thoreau was born. The 20 acres on which it stood, the final piece of the original farm that had been cultivated for 300 years, would make way for an upscale housing development. The saga of how a group of unlikely allies banded together to save, preserve, and re-use the house--not as a museum but as "a birthplace of ideas"--serves as an important reminder of the power of grassroots resistance and a fervent call to revive the lost art of finding common ground. It is an inspiring example of citizenship at its best--a tribute to what can be accomplished by the few, for the many.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Tmc Books LLCISBN-13:9780999624944ISBN-10:999624946UPC:9780999624944Book Category:History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:United States, Historic PreservationBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.71 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCW6WQ00S9
Publisher: Tmc Books LLC

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Lucille Stott

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