Leaf and Tendril

The Writings of John Burroughs Part Fifteen

von John Burroughs

308 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Leaf and Tendril: The Writings of John Burroughs V15 is a book that compiles the writings of John Burroughs, a renowned American naturalist, essayist, and poet. This volume contains a collection of his works that focus on the natural world, including essays on plants, flowers, and trees. Burroughs' writing style is descriptive and poetic, and he often draws on his personal experiences and observations to paint vivid pictures of the natural world. The book is a tribute to Burroughs' love for nature and his belief in the importance of preserving it. It is a must-read for anyone interested in nature writing and environmentalism.1908. Volume Fifteen 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. Contents: The Art of Seeing Things; The Coming of Summer; A Breath of April; A Walk in the Fields; Gay Plumes and Dull; Straight Seeing and Straight Thinking; Human Traits in the Animals; Animal and Plant Intelligence; The Reasonable but Unreasoning Animals; The Grist of the Gods; The Divine Soil; An Outlook Upon Life; and All's Right with the World. 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.

• Themen: Lifestyle, Hobbys und Freizeit Sachbuch
• ISBN: 9781417944354
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.08.2004
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC