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Faith in a Seed: The Dispersion of Seeds and Other Late Natural History Writings

Faith in a Seed: The Dispersion of Seeds and Other Late Natural History Writings

Thoreau, Henry D.
Dean, Bradley P.
Rorer, Abigail

Paperback

Botany & HorticultureEnvironmental StudiesNature Writing

ISBN10: 1559631821
ISBN13: 9781559631822
Publisher: Island Press
Published: Apr 1 1996
Pages: 301
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.76 Depth: 8.86
Language: English

Faith in a Seed contains the hitherto unpublished work The Dispersion of Seeds, one of Henry D. Thoreau's last important research and writing projects, and now his first new book to appear in 125 years.

With the remarkable clarity and grace that characterize all of his writings, Thoreau describes the ecological succession of plant species through seed dispersal. The Dispersion of Seeds, which draws on Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, refutes the then widely accepted theory that some plants spring spontaneously to life, independent of roots, cuttings, or seeds. As Thoreau wrote: Though I do not believe a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.

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