The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
The most famous act of civil disobedience in American history
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Author
Publication
1982 - Bantam Classics, Toronto, Canada
Language
English
Word Count
32,000 words, Guess
Page Count
128 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_9780553278385
- ISBN-10055327838X
- ISBN-139780553278385
- LibraryThing100558
- Goodreads1301085
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL7824292M
Description
"Produced around the country under the American Playwrights Theatre program, this drama opens with Thoreau in jail for refusing to pay taxes to a government conducting a war of aggression in Mexico, at midpoint shows Emerson visiting him, and ends on the morning of his release. Scenes portray his return from Harvard where he idolized Emerson, his attempt to establish a transcendentalist school, his career as a handyman and tutor in Emerson's household, his romance and his friendship with an illiterate cellmate. The end is a grotesque dream in which the characters take up guises in a mortal assault on Mexico"--Publisher's website.
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