Natural History Essays (hb) - Hardcover

Thoreau, Henry David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1423622286 ISBN 13: 9781423622284

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2011

Synopsis

Celebrate the tradition of literary naturalists and writers who embrace the natural world as the setting for some of our most euphoric and serious experiences. These books map the intimate connections between the human and the natural world. Literary naturalists transcend political boundaries, social concerns, and historical milieus; they speak for what Henry Beston called the “other nations” of the planet. Their message acquires more weight and urgency as wild places become increasingly scarce.

HENRY DAVID THOREAU was an American author, poet, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, philosopher and leading transcendentalist. His writings on natural history and philosophy have become two sources of modern-day environmentalism.

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The Natural History Essays includes essays from America's most renowned and beloved naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. It includes "Huckleberries," "Natural History of Massachusetts," "A Walk to Wachusett," "The Succession of Forest Trees," "A Winter Walk," "Wild Apples," "Autumnal Tints," and "Walking."

About the Author:

Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, abolitionist, nautralist, tax resister, development critic, suveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading trancendentalist. His writings on natural history and philosophy have became sources for modern-day environmentalism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1423622286
• ISBN 13: 9781423622284
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 306