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From: g-rh@cca.UUCP (Richard Harter)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Thoreau (Reply to Dan Asimov)
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Date: Sat, 29-Mar-86 19:27:05 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar 29 19:27:05 1986
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Summary: History sure has changed a lot from when I was a kid!

In article <> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes:
>
>I think this description of Thoreau is a somewhat political one.  Thoreau
>did spend a night in jail (he wanted to stay in longer, but his aunt
>bailed him out against his wishes) because he refused to pay his taxes due
>to his objection to a war (I think the Spanish-American war, if I remember
>correctly... a war that tended to be generally unpopular and which, again
>if my rusty memory of history is right, was inspired largely by "yellow
>journalism")...
>
>He did have his (usually philosophical) clashes
>with authorities, and in fact perpetrated criminal acts by assisting
>several slaves in escaping to Canada....
>
	As an old time science fiction fan I enjoy stories set in
alternate universes with a history different from ours.  This one
seems particulary imaginative.  Could we have more details?

	Richard Harter, SMDS Inc.