What Thoreau Really Meant About Environmentalism
April 1, 2009Has Henry David Thoreau’s true message been misunderstood by generations of teachers and school kids? We’ll talk this hour with a man who’s been called the “urban Thoreau” himself. Robert Sullivan is the author of the new book “The Thoreau You Don’t Know: What the Prophet of Environmentalism Really Meant” (Collins, 2009).