Recent Rambles, or in Touch with Nature (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Charles C. Abbott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331742055 ISBN 13: 9780331742053

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Rediscover the outdoors through a traveler’s honest, reflective rambles—where birds, rivers, and ruins teach patience and wonder.

This collection weaves field journals, natural history, and small adventures into a vivid portrait of many landscapes. From river islands and old homesteads to sunlit deserts and rocky uplands, it pairs keen observation with a love of place. Readers meet birds, reptiles, and plants in their wild settings, while encounters with history and archaeology illuminate how people once lived with the land. The writing invites you to slow down, notice details, and trust your own pace in nature.

• Follow a river through memory and discovery, from the Delaware to distant desert hills.
• Observe how wildlife, weather, and landscape shape each day’s discoveries.
• Explore ancient sites, early settlement ruins, and stories that connect land, people, and change.
• Enjoy accessible reflections on how to travel lightly and stay in touch with the natural world.

Ideal for readers who savor nature writing, travel memoirs, and thoughtful essays about place and history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331742055
• ISBN 13: 9780331742053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352