A Book of Hours (Donald Culross Peattie Library) - Softcover

Peattie, Donald Culross

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1595341587 ISBN 13: 9781595341587

Publisher: Trinity University Press, 2013

Synopsis

A Book of Hours contains 24 essays, one for each hour of the day, that seek to bridge the gap between definitive scientific philosophy and the sheer unadulterated beauty that Donald Culross Peattie envisioned within everyday life. The Boston Transcript referred to this collection as science, in sheer poetry,” and the Chicago Daily Tribune mused that it leaves one a better man for having read it” and offers the inevitableness of natural laws and the truth of beauty, if one cares to seek it.”

About this title

About the Author:

Donald Culross Peattie (1898–1964) was one of the most influential American nature writers of the 20th century. Peattie was born in Chicago and grew up in Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, which sparked his interest in the immense wonders of nature. He studied at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. After working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, he decided to pursue a career as a writer. In 1925 he became a nature columnist for the Washington Star Newspaper and subsequently went on to pen more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books in the next five decades. Widely acclaimed and popular in his age, his legacy has been attributed as inspiring a modern age of nature writing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Trinity University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1595341587
• ISBN 13: 9781595341587
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208