Henry David Thoreau: A Film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers and Presented by Ken Burns Format:DVD Phil Silvers grew up on

Phil Silvers grew up on the mean streets of Brownsville in Brooklyn

authorities let him off with only a slap on the wrist

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he accidentally grabs Gloria (Jackson)

Henry David Thoreau: A Film by Erik Ewers and Christopher Loren Ewers and Presented by Ken Burns Format:DVD Phil Silvers grew up onHenry David Thoreau helped define modern environmentalism and nonviolent resistance, yet his life has been obscured by myth. The author of Walden and Civil Disobedience, he was brilliant but flawed, idealistic but opinionated. A writer, scientist and activist, his words resonate urgently with today's challenges as humanity looks for ways to live in harmony with nature and each other.