Signs and Seasons
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Book Overview
The eight essays in this volume all deal with the home region of their author; for not only did Mr. Burroughs begin life in the Catskills, and dwell among them until early manhood, but, as he himself declares, he has never taken root anywhere else. Their delectable heights and valleys have engaged his deepest affections as far as locality is concerned, and however widely he journeys and whatever charms he discovers in nature elsewhere, still the loveliness...
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0060908408
ISBN13:9780060908409
Release Date:January 1981
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Length:300 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
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Wonderful new edition of a Burroughs classic
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
SIGNS AND SEASONS is arguably the best book ever written by the literary naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921). Now it is made even better with an eloquent introduction, and extensive annotations, by Vassar's Jeff Walker, one of the premier Burroughs scholars of this generation. I also like the cut and size of this paperback - easy to fit into a day-pack for reading beyond the sound of highways.
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