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Books That Changed The Way We Think About The Earth

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First Posted: 04/22/11 01:04 PM ET Updated: 06/22/11 06:12 AM ET

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We may be incredibly pessimistic about the direction our country is headed at the moment, but so were many residents back in the last days of Manifest Destiny, when Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden. (If you’re angry with President Obama, think about having Franklin Pierce as the commander-in-chief.

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We may be incredibly pessimistic about the direction our country is headed at the moment, but so were many residents back in the last days of Manifest Destiny, when Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden. (...
We may be incredibly pessimistic about the direction our country is headed at the moment, but so were many residents back in the last days of Manifest Destiny, when Henry David Thoreau wrote Walden. (...
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sophiemaki
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05:03 PM on 04/24/2011
to me it was : War and Peace. . by Tolstoy.
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Libertarian09
Anti War Socialist with a taste for freedom
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05:11 PM on 04/24/2011
Orwell's 1984 did it for me

Tolstoy's epic certainly had its impact on me as well. As did "To Kill a Mockingbird" and Jack London's "The Sea Wolf".

Really, I think it changed the way I look at people, I still see 'Earth' as I always did.
Have a great day Sophie!
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sophiemaki
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05:34 PM on 04/24/2011
exactly. i respect the earth.
really , it is about the way we look at people ..who alter the earth.
i read 1984......i am a big fan of Jack London.
when i think of "War and Peace."
the main theme was destruction..disillusionment.
survivors ..picking up the pieces of earth and humanity..
xx
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beaker55
Orwell was right.
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12:37 PM on 04/22/2011
Want a little perspective? Read this: http://www.thegardenforums.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=23439
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