PepactonWildside Press LLC, 2008 M02 1 - 300 pages John Burroughs (1837-1921) was an American naturalist and essayist important in the U.S. conservation movement. Burroughs was the most important practitioner after Thoreau of the nature essay. He became the Grand Old Man of Nature. |
Contents
A SUMMER VOYAGE | 3 |
SPRINGS | 39 |
AN IDYL OF THE HONEYBEE | 57 |
NATURE AND THE POETS | 85 |
NOTES BY THE WAY | 127 |
FOOTPATHS | 193 |
A BUNCH OF HERBS | 203 |
WINTER PICTURES | 233 |
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