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Henry David Thoreau (1817-11862) was an American writer and philosopher most famous for his memoir and social critique Walden and his libertarian essay "Civil Disobedience." He is widely viewed as the first American environmentalist.

Alex Wilson is a writer and stage/film actor from northern Ohio and now based in Carrboro, North Carolina. He starred in the North American Premiere of Richard Taylor's musical Whistle Down the Wind and recently filmed The Third Cord with Emmy-nominated director Jack Lucido. His animated comics-parody film All's Fair in Love and Police Actions was recently selected as an iFilm Pick. He is the founder of Telltale Weekly and Spoken Alexandria. See his website for more. [new windows, all].

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