The Natural History Essays (Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists) [Paperback]

Henry David Thoreau (Author), Robert Sattelmeyer (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1989 | Series: Peregrine Smith Literary Naturalists

Henry David Thoreau is America's preeminent literary naturalist; his work has become a mark against which later writers are invariably judged. Still, this popularity is largely based on the widespread familiarity of certain passages from "Walden". Most of his separate essays are comparatively little known. Here collected are all of Thoreau's known natural history essays, including "Huckleberries" and "Walking".

This series celebrates the tradition of literary naturalists-- writers who embrace the natural world as the setting for some of our most euphoric and serious experiences. Their literary terrain maps the intimate connections between the human and natural worlds, a subject defined by Mary Austin in 1920 as "a third thing... the sum of what passed between me and the Land". Literary naturalists transcend political boundaries, social concerns, and historical milieus; they speak for what Henry Beston called the "other nations" of the planet. Their message acquires more weight and urgency as wild places became increasingly scarce. This series, then, celebrates both a wonderful body of work and a fundamental truth: that nature counts as a model, a guide to how we can live in the world.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

The Natural History Essays includes essays from America's most renowned and beloved naturalist, Henry David Thoreau. It includes "Huckleberries," "Natural History of Massachusetts," "A Walk to Wachusett," "The Succession of Forest Trees," "A Winter Walk," "Wild Apples," "Autumnal Tints," and "Walking."

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Henry David Thoreau was an American author, poet, abolitionist, nautralist, tax resister, development critic, suveyor, historian, philosopher, and leading trancendentalist. His writings on natural history and philosophy have became sources for modern-day environmentalism.

--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Peregrine Smith Books; Edition Unstated edition (March 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879052988
• ISBN-13: 978-0879052980
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #622,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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