The Seventeen Traditions

The Seventeen Traditions
by Ralph Nader

The Seventeen Traditions
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Author: Ralph Nader
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-01
ISBN: 0061238279
Number of pages: 150
Publisher: Harper
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Summary: 5 Stars

Mr. Nader helps us to recognize patterns that we all might want to fit into our own lives, if only we have the courage to make the deliberate efforts it takes to combat our society's lowest common denominator.

Summary of The Seventeen Traditions

My boyhood in a small town in Connecticut was shaped by my family, my friends, our neighbors, my chores and hobbies, the town's culture and environment, its schools, libraries, factories, and businesses, their workers, and by storms that came from nowhere to disrupt everything. . . . Yet childhood in any family is a mysterious experience. . . . What shapes the mind, the personality, the character?

So begins this unexpected and extraordinary book by Ralph Nader. Known for his lifetime of selfless activism, Nader now looks back to the earliest days of his own life, to his serene and enriching childhood in bucolic Winsted, Connecticut. From listening to learning, from patriotism to argument, from work to simple enjoyment, Nader revisits seventeen key traditions he absorbed from his parents, his siblings, and the people in his community, and draws from them inspiring lessons for today's society. Warmly human, rich with sensory memories and lasting wisdom, it offers a kind of modern-day parable of how we grow from children into responsible adults--a reminder of a time when nature and community were central to the way we all learned and lived.

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