Signs and Seasons - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1314442732 ISBN 13: 9781314442731

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

About this title

About the Author:

John Burroughs (1837-1921) 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.

He taught briefly, married, and during the Civil War settled in Washington, D.C. where he obtained a job as a clerk in the Treasury Department. It was during his nine years in Washington that he published his first books. In 1873 he returned to New York State and established his home "Riverby" on the west bank of the Hudson River at West Park. He began fruit farming and continued to write, publishing a new books about every two years.

His prose made widely popular the type of nature essay written by Thoreau. He was a friend of John Muir, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and other important people. He traveled to the Pacific coast, the South, the West Indies, Europe, and (with the Harriman expedition) Alaska, recording natural phenomena in simple, expressive prose.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1314442732
• ISBN 13: 9781314442731
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292