{"product_id":"the-night-thoreau-spent-in-jail","title":"The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If the law is of such nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another  then I say  break the law.\" In 1849  the young Henry David Thoreau  philosopher  poet  naturalist  penned these timeless words in his Civil Disobedience. Three years earlier Thoreau had refused to pay taxes to the government  which was engaged in the Mexican War. He condemned the war as unjust--a war never formally declared  begun without Congressional authorization  a savage and bloody war fought to assuage the United States territorial ambitions. For his courageous and unprecedented act of protest  he was thrown in jail. Thoreau was a man of the future. Over the past century  his action has had worldwide repercussions. Tolstoy was influenced by his stand  and Gandhi based his passive resistance campaign on the words of the philosopher of Walden Pond. Now  Thoreaus action take on a new relevance. The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail is an essential work for todays world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948526727221,"sku":"ByrdShop_055327838X","price":28.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780553278385.jpg?v=1770049967","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-night-thoreau-spent-in-jail","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}