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The Summit of the Years: The Writings of John Burroughs Part Seventeen

The Summit of the Years: The Writings of John Burroughs Part Seventeen

Burroughs, John

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Letters & Essays

ISBN10: 1417944374
ISBN13: 9781417944378
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Aug 19 2004
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.72 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Summit of the Years: The Writings of John Burroughs V17 is a book that collects the writings of naturalist and essayist John Burroughs. This volume is the seventeenth in a series of collections of Burroughs' works, and it covers a range of topics related to nature, including essays on birds, flowers, and the changing seasons. The book also includes Burroughs' reflections on his own life and experiences, as well as his thoughts on the relationship between humans and the natural world. The writings in this volume are drawn from various sources, including books, magazines, and letters, and they showcase Burroughs' lyrical and insightful prose style. Overall, The Summit of the Years is a rich and engaging collection of nature writing that will appeal to anyone with an interest in the natural world and its wonders.1913. Volume Seventeen of Twenty-Three, Riverby Edition. John Burroughs emerged from an obscure boyhood in the Catskill Mountains to write more than thirty books, create the genre of the nature essay, and become the preeminent nature writer of his day. Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. A volume of mixed essays by Burroughs. Contents: The Summit of the Years; In The Circuit of the Summer Hills; In the Noon of Science; The Hit-and-Miss Method of Nature; A Barn-Door Outlook; The Animal Mind; Nature and Animal Life; The Key to Animal Behavior; The Animal and the Puzzle-Box; Untaught Wisdom; The Bow in the Clouds; The Round World; A Hay-Barn Idyl; and In Field and Wood. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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