"At Home in Nature" is the first ethnographic and historical study of back-to-the-land movements in the Thoreauvian tradition. This accessible and lively study brings readers into the world of contemporary homesteading, while also treating the literary and historical legacy of Thoreau, Emerson, John Burroughs, Helen and Scott Nearing, Ralph Borsodi, Wendell Berry and others. The author, Rebecca Kneale Gould, is Associate Professor of Religion and Environmental Studies at Middlebury College. Professor Gould grew up in Concord and holds a AB, MA and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Free shipping is included. More information about the book can be found at: http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10201.html