{"product_id":"the-old-way-a-story-of-the-first-people-9780312427283","title":"The Old Way: A Story of the First People","description":"\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Marshall Thomas was nineteen when her father took his family to live among the Bushmen of the Kalahari. Fifty years later, after a life of writing and study, Thomas returns to her experiences with the Bushmen, one of the last hunter-gatherer societies on earth, and discovers among them an essential link to the origins of all human society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHumans lived for 1,500 centuries as roving clans, adapting daily to changes in environment and food supply, living for the most part like their animal ancestors. Those origins are not so easily abandoned, Thomas suggests, and our modern society has plenty still to learn from the Bushmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough her vivid, empathic account, Thomas reveals a template for the lives and societies of all humankind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312427283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/16\/2007 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Marshall Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635881472156,"sku":"9780312427283","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2c181591-72bf-44c4-ae4c-771695e94dd0.jpg?v=1603840783","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-old-way-a-story-of-the-first-people-9780312427283","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}