{"product_id":"white-why-be-a-mud-turtle-1928","title":"White - Why be a Mud Turtle? (1928)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStewart Edward White. \u003cem\u003eWhy be a Mud Turtle?\u003c\/em\u003e Garden City, NY, 1928. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e(20 x 13.5 cm) pp. 326. Bound in black publisher's cloth with titles in gilt on front cover and spine. Deckled edges. Inscribed by author in blue pen, dated October 15, 1928. Some age toning. Overall VERY GOOD condition. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescribed as a philosphical self-help book, perhaps White best explains the premise of his book in the forward: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I should certainly hate to be a mud turtle! He lives encased in a hard shell into which he withdraws at the slightest hint of opposition. He is wholly un-receptive: when anything unfamiliar is presented to him he refuses to argue or even to examine; he just retires. He is by the nature of his shell incapable of looking upward; and it is quite evident by the unvarying routine of his days that he considers a moldy-log muddy-water life the only sensible existence. In some remote geologic age, when first the marine reptiles were venturing out upon the land, he made his choice. His scaly brothers, crawling painfully toward their dreams of dry land and wings and the promise of air, left him smug and content in the primordial slime.\u003cbr\u003eWhy be a mud turtle?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mobilis Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48979052265664,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0548\/8273\/0176\/files\/2248_1.jpg?v=1788902745","url":"https:\/\/www.mobilisbooks.com\/products\/white-why-be-a-mud-turtle-1928","provider":"Mobilis Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}