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A collection of essays by noted naturalist John Burroughs in which he contemplates a wide array of topics including farming, religion, and conservation. A departure from previous John Burroughs anthologies, this volume celebrates the surprising range of his writing to include religion, philosophy, conservation, and farming. In doing so, it emphasizes the process of the literary naturalist, specifically the lively connection the author makes between perceiving nature and how perception permeates all aspects of life experiences.

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A departure from previous Burroughs anthologies, this volume celebrates the surprising range of the writing of John Burroughs-religion, philosophy, literature, conservation, and farming. In doing so, it emphasizes the process of the literary naturalist, specifically the lively connection the author makes between perceiving nature and how perception permeates all aspects of life experiences.

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John Burroughs was a writer and an environmentalist whose work was tremendously popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was a friend and contemporary of Walt Whitman and John Muir. Charlotte Zoë Walker is a professor of English at the State University of New York at Oneonta, where she teaches courses in nature and literature. She is also the editor of Sharp Eyes: John Burroughs and American Nature Writing, published by Syracuse University Press.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Syracuse University Press; Illustrated edition (January 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0815606788
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0815606789
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.02 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.68 x 9.25 inches
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    In addition to my first novel, CONDOR AND HUMMINGBIRD, I've published numerous essays and short stories, including "The very Pineapple," which won the O. Henry Award in 1991, and "Goat's Milk," which was listed among "100 Distinguished Stories" in BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 1993. I'm currently nearing completion of my medieval novel, GRAY FACE AND EVE, and a creative nonfiction book, DAVID'S VIOLIN. I taught creative writing and women's studies at SUNY Oneonta for thirty five years, and am a former NEA Creative Writing Fellow. I live on a country hillside with my dear husband, Dutch ironsmith Roland Greefkes-- and, despite my complete lack of talent, I love learning to play the cello. You can read more about my work at my website, www.charlottezoewalker.com

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Great Book! Burroughs has a way of making you feel you're right there with him. Thoreau would be proud! Anybody who loves the outdoors, being in nature, walking an early morning will love this book also. I'd recommend it to anyone/everyone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A well-rounded account of Burroughs thought process...
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The best of JB in one handy paperback volume. Topics contained within this book range far and wide and are sure to please most any Burroughs fan. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars John Burroughs, his book, his love of the outdoors...make it yours.
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Great Book! Burroughs has a way of making you feel you're right there with him. Thoreau would be proud! Anybody who loves the outdoors, being in nature, walking an early morning will love this book also. I'd recommend it to anyone/everyone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars John Burroughs, his book, his love of the outdoors...make it yours.
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Great Book! Burroughs has a way of making you feel you're right there with him. Thoreau would be proud! Anybody who loves the outdoors, being in nature, walking an early morning will love this book also. I'd recommend it to anyone/everyone.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Early conservationist
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John Burroughs deserves to be better known! He was an early proponent of what we now call environmentalism. An intimate friend of Walt Whitman, as well as Teddy Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, he exchanged ideas and traveled with all of these men. From his humble beginnings on a farm, through his years as a public servant, he observed nature and wrote movingly of his observations. There is a John Burroughs Society, an annual award for nature writing given in his name, and his cabin on the Hudson is a National Park Site. This book is a good distillation of his voluminous output.
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Very nicely bound and presented.. I am enjoying it immensely.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Burroughs at his best!
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2001
This is the anthology readers and scholars of John Burroughs (1837-1921) have been waiting for. Charlotte Walker, a professor of English at the State University of New York at Oneonta, has gathered selections from Burroughs's vast oeuvre and assembled them in a handsome volume. The words are set in modern type, and the subject matter is as fresh and timely as ever. Burroughs is often remembered as a naturalist, but he was much more than that: a perceptive and accessible literary critic, a philosopher, a radical thinker who advocated the overthrow of traditional religions in favor of an open-eyed nature worship steeped in science and wonder. Earlier anthologies of Burroughs's work have tended to ignore or suppress his thorny and provocative side, but Walker gives us the man in all his dimensions. As the author of a concise biography of Burroughs, I was pleased to open this collection and find it crowded with favorites---philosophical essays such as "Faith of a Naturalist," travel pieces such as "A Hunt for the Nightingale," an excerpt from "Our Rural Divinity" (about the dairy cow!), perceptive criticism of Emerson and Thoreau, studies of Catskill farm life, and more. This book makes a fine addition to any library and offers the best intorduction to Burroughs in print. Bravo! Highly recommended!
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