Serene Outlaw: Henry David Thoreau in His Second Century by Douglas Herman
One hundred and fifty years later, Thoreau has become part sage, part New World prophet, not only warning us but fortifying and consoling us while we blunder about in this modern world. Indeed, the “nervous, bustling, trivial Nineteenth Century” he derided has evolved into the frantic, foreboding, techno-materialistic world he may never have envisioned. “The deeper our United States sinks into industrialism, urbanism, militarism—with the rest of the world doing its best to emulate America—the more poignant, strong, and appealing becomes Thoreau’s demand for the right of every man, every woman, every child, every dog, every tree, every snail darter, every lousewort, every living thing, to live its own life in its own way at its own pace in its own square mile of home,” observed Abbey.
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