there's a great reason anthology about henry david thoreau. now comes good sailing. it's edited by andrew blotter a lot of great writers who talk about how thoreau is deeply relevant to them and the modern lives that they lead, and probably my favorite essay in here is by george howe holds. there's just really a neat writer analysis. thoreau on ice and he talks about the fact that thoreau just really enjoyed ice skating and he just had a great time out on the ice. this is not a henry david thoreau that we typically think about a guy who's out there having fun. and so i, i just think if we can create as many opportunities as past rebel for readers to simply happen upon these writers again, then that's all to our benefit. danny heitman besides thoreau dickinson emerson who else? what other authors or contained in your edition of norton anthology? well, one writer that i really want to point out is elizabeth bishop, who is just a fabulous american poet who just wrote with such absolute precision about her inner life and, you know, one of the complications is that a teach

nasty judgments, again, starting with jefferson who compared cities to cancers on the body, to henry david thoreau and anna goes. so let's -- and on it goes. l's return to j.d. vance. during the campaign in 2022, he was on his way to new york for a fund raiser and he was meeting a bunch of millionaires, he did not put that in his tweet. he said, i am going to new york, i hear it is violent and disgusting. any advice? that is typical of the anti-urban discourse that has been central to american politics since 1790 and there is not a comparable discourse, as i am afraid she seems to think there is. it is simply unacceptable to talk about rural americans in the same derogatory insulting way that politicians routinely describe american cities. and we have seen that supercharged in the last couple of years. look at the way people talk about san francisco and new york and chicago. there is simply not a comparable discourse. not now, not across 250 years of american history. so i am afraid she just has it wrong. i know that book. she talked with some nice people and made some conclusions that historicall

nasty judgments, again, starting with jefferson, who compared cities to cancers on the body, to henry david thoreauand on and on it goes. so let's return a moment to jd vance. during the senate campaign of 2022 he sent out a tweet, he was on his way to new york for a fundraiser. he was going to meet with millionaires, though he didn't put that in the tweet, and he said, everybody, i'm going to new york, i hear it is violent and disgusting, and he did, any advice? and there isn't a comparable discourse as i'm afraid she seems to think there is. it's simply unacceptable to talk about rural americans in the same derogatory, insulting way that politicians routinely describe american cities. and, we have seen that just supercharged in the last couple of years. look at the way people talk about san francisco and new york, and chicago. and that is simply not a comparable discourse, not now, and not across 250 years of a mark in history. so i'm afraid she just has it wrong. i know that book, she found some nice people and made some conclusions that just don't stand up. >> industrialization has infected rur

to henry david thoreau and on and on, let's return to jd vance, during a senatorial campaign, he sent tweet on his way to new york for a fundraiser, he would meet with millionaires, but he did not put that in the tweet he said, i am going to new york and i hear it is violent and disgusting, any advice? that is typical of the anti- urban discourse that has been central to american politics since 1790. there isn't a comparable discourse, as i'm afraid she thinks there is. it is not acceptable to talk about rural americans in the same derogatory and insulting way that politicians routinely describe american cities, and we have seen that just supercharged in the last couple of years look at the way people talk about san francisco and new york and chicago. there is simply not a comparable discourse, not now and not across 250 years of american history. i'm afraid she has a wrong turn i know that book, she found some nice people to talk to and made some conclusions that historically do not stand up >> along with militarization, professor steven conn says industrialization has affected rural

there is a great recent anthology about henry david thoreau, now comes "good sailing ." it is edited by andrew. a lot of great writers who talk about how thoreau is deeply related to them in the modern lives that they need. probably my favorite essay in here is my george howell cult. it is he is just really a neat writer. the name of his essay is "tran15 on ice." he talked about the fact that thoreau just really enjoyed ice-skating. and he just had a great time on the ice. this is not the henry david thoreau that we typically think about, a guy out there having fun. so, i just think if we can create as many opportunities as possible for readers to simply happen upon these writers again, that is all to our benefit. >> danny heitman, besides the road, dickerson, who else, what other authors are contained in your edition of northern anthology? >> well, one writer that i really wanted to point out is elizabeth bishop, who is just a fabulous american poet, who just wrote with such absolute precision about her inner life. and one of the complications, as any teacher can tell yo

henry david thoreau wrote about nature and solidarity in 1854 with this book baldwin.1855 the first edition of walt whitman's leaves of grass was published in "little women" louisa may alcott about four sisters living in massachusetts was published in 1858 horatio alger jr. released in 1859. sisters catherine beecher and harriett beecher stowe released the domestic guide with the american woman's home in 1859 and here are more books from library of congress list of 100 books that shaped america. fox waned the novel huck finn published in 1894 followed by emily dixon -- emilyin dickinson and the frontier in american history published in 1893.3. finally the red badge of courage by steven crane released in 1895 during the civil war. >> all othose books are available on the web site c-span.org/books that shaped americane could see the entire list at the library of congress bear. the next call is steven in west palm beach florida. steven goxt ahead. >> can you hear me? we are listening. mr. row sent what you're calling what mr. holmes call pragmatism sedition.call i'm wonde

and this is not the henry david thoreau that we think about. the guy who's out there having fun. so i think we can create as many opportunities as possible for readers to happen upon these writers, the nuts also chore benefit.>> besides thoreau and emerson, what other authors are in your anthology? >> i want to point out elizabeth bishop. one of the complications that a teacher can tell you is you cannot get every writer into this anthology. i was not exposed to elizabeth bishop through classroom instruction. i revisited her i was recovering from getting my wisdom teeth out. they were reciting a poem about the out the art of losing. and she says ironically the art of losing is not hard to master. and what she's really saying is losing and loss in life can be very hard to master. i was just entranced by the quality of her language and it occurred to me the next morning that maybe i was charmed by bishop so i went and pulled my anthology off the shelf from college and revisited her work. and i found it every bit as magical as i had the day before. another great writer that is in th