In the end, the importance of a book like this depends less upon who wrote it and more on who reads it. The folks at Rodale press, who kindly provided me a copy, seem to think the combination of its small size, compelling prose and royal provenance may spread these ideas beyond the usual readership for such debate, and I hope they are right.
In any case they deserve a nod for the perhaps dubious business practice of paying to print a high-quality book whose main text is already available online for free, from a speech that can still be watched on YouTube, and pricing it at just $6.99 on paper, less as an e-book.
I say “main text” because the printed version brackets the prince’s speech with an elegant introductory essay by Wendell Berry and a rousing afterword by Will (“Growing Power”) Allen and Eric (“Fast Food Nation”) Schlosser.
via www.minnpost.com
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