"Thoreau is credited with inspiring a uniquely American literary ""style,"" the naturalist ""movement,"" and the social activism of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. This book will help young people access Thoreau's influential ideas by bringing them inside the key relationships and events that shaped his thought. Drawing on Thoreau's ""writings,"" ""letters,"" and ""journals,"" the Hausmans have created a narrative that is at once ""simple,"" ""folksy,"" ""engaging,"" and profound. They include a complete chronology of Thoreau's life and a helpful glossary of terms."