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.
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Through his essays in books and popular magazines, John Burroughs (1851-1921) taught countless Americans to appreciate nature. In this, the first comprehensive biography of him to be published since 1925, Renehan draws on original sources to portray Burroughs as the boy from a poor farming family in the Catskills who as a man hobnobbed with such eminent figures as Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and Theodore Roosevelt. In 1863, after teaching in rural schools, Burroughs and his wife Ursula moved to Washington, D.C., where Walt Whitman encouraged the younger man's literary efforts. Theirs was an enduring friendship; Burroughs defended Whitman's poetry and wrote the first biography of him. Renehan traces his subject's unhappy marriage and his return to a farm in the Catskills. He chronicles Burroughs's growing fame, his friendships with other writers and his liaison with Clara Barrus, who became his literary executor. Renehan, editor of A River View , has restored Burroughs to a well-deserved place in American literature and conservation. Photos. Reader's Subscription alternate.
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Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Burroughs...could not have asked for a more inclusive or caring portrait. -- Kirkus Reviews
Renehan reveals a far more complex and interesting man than other biographers have revealed. -- New York Times Sunday Book Review
Renehan's biography does precisely what it sets out to do: it provides the thorough, responsible, readable biography... -- American Nature Writing, 1993 Edition
Renehan reveals a far more complex and interesting man than other biographers have revealed. -- New York Times Sunday Book Review
Renehan's biography does precisely what it sets out to do: it provides the thorough, responsible, readable biography... -- American Nature Writing, 1993 Edition
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I first got turned on to Ed Renehan when I saw him on C-SPAN discussing the book he wrote about the family of Theodore Roosevelt, entitled THE LION'S PRIDE. After enjoying LION'S PRIDE, I purchased and learned a lot from Renehan's beautifully written account of John Brown and the Harpers Ferry raid, entitled THE SECRET SIX. Then, although I'd never heard of John Burroughs, I moved onto this excellent biography of a fascinating but neglected figure of American history, and am glad I did. Now I will turn to some of Burroughs's own writings, if I can find them!
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Ed Renehan has put together an exquisite, instructive review of the long life of John Burroughs. The old lion emerges in all his splendor in these pages -- intellectual, literate (he knew Emerson and Whitman among others), worldly (he had a mistress who was a New York psychiatrist), and above all, a sympathetic observer of the natural world. We need his perspective as never before. -- John Hanson Mitchell, author of CEREMONIAL TIME, LIVING AT THE END OF TIME, and other books
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THE DATE WAS APRIL 3, 1912. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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New York, Walt Whitman, West Park, Jay Gould, United States, Myron Benton, Woodchuck Lodge, Henry Ford, Atlantic Monthly, Theodore Roosevelt, Black Creek, Houghton Mifflin, John Muir, Richard Watson Gilder, Clara Barrus, Hamlin Garland, Berg Collection, Literary Values, Grand Canyon, Harriman Expedition, Highland Falls, Julian Burroughs, New Jersey, Our Friend, Santa Claus New!
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THE DATE WAS APRIL 3, 1912. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nature fakers, nature appreciation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Walt Whitman, West Park, Jay Gould, United States, Myron Benton, Woodchuck Lodge, Henry Ford, Atlantic Monthly, Theodore Roosevelt, Black Creek, Houghton Mifflin, John Muir, Richard Watson Gilder, Clara Barrus, Hamlin Garland, Berg Collection, Literary Values, Grand Canyon, Harriman Expedition, Highland Falls, Julian Burroughs, New Jersey, Our Friend, Santa Claus New!
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- Winter Sunshine by John Burroughs on 9 pages
- Literary Values (Notable American Authors Series - Part I) by John Burroughs on 8 pages
- Democratic Vistas (Notable American Authors) by Walt Whitman on 8 pages
- Locusts And Wild Honey by John Burroughs on 7 pages
- The Last Harvest: The Complete Writings of John Burroughs by John Burroughs on 7 pages
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- The Better Angel: Walt Whitman in the Civil War by Roy Morris in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Forest and Garden: Traces of Wildness in a Modernizing Land, 1897-1949 by Melanie Simo in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- All Creatures: Naturalists, Collectors, and Biodiversity, 1850-1950 by Robert E. Kohler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Natural History of Nature Writing by Frank Stewart in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Hudson Valley Waterfall Guide: From Saratoga and the Capital Region to the Highlands and Palisades by Russell Dunn in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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